We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From all old flower fields of the soul; And, weary seeker of the best, We c…

- John Greenleaf Whittier

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Rest if you must, but never quit.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

So let it be in God's own might We gird us for the coming fight, And, strong in Him whose cause is ours In conflict with unholy powers, We grasp the …

- John Greenleaf Whittier

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

- John Greenleaf Whittier

The saddest thing of word or pen, To know the things that might have been.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good!

- John Greenleaf Whittier

His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than in words, was simply doing good.

- John Greenleaf Whittier