Frases de Tryon Edwards

„As pessoas nunca melhoram até que olhem para algum standard ou exemplo mais alto e melhor que elas mesmas.“

—  Tryon Edwards

„Despertar interesse e inflamar o entusiasmo é o caminho certo para ensinar facilmente e com sucesso.“

—  Tryon Edwards

„Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. – In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind?“

—  Tryon Edwards

Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?
Misattributed to Tryon Edwards by a number of websites, thinkexist.com and quoteland.com among others. This quote does appear on p. 23 of Edwards' compilation, A Dictionary of Thoughts; however, it is clearly identified there as a quote by Hugh Blair, the Scottish author and preacher.
A genuine Tryon Edwards quote on the subject of anxiety appears above in the Sourced section ( from p. 22 of A Dictionary of Thoughts. )
Misattributed

„Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 416.

„Facts are God’s arguments : we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 162.

„Hell is truth seen too late — duty neglected in its season.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 225.

„Abuse of any one generally shows that he has marked traits of character. The stupid and indifferent are passed by in silence.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 2

„Have something to say; say it; and stop when you’ve done.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 51.

„Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 26.

„This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 103.

„Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws – a thing which can never be demonstrated.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 165.

„Deference is the instinctive respect which we pay to the great and good. The unconcious acknowledgement of the superiority or excellence of others.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 108.

„Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 3.

„True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 236.

„Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path, and none can say where the descent will end. – 'He that despiseth small things shall fall by little and little.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 115.

„Contemplation is to knowledge, what digestion is to food – the way to get life out of it.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 86.

„Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, pp. 11–12.

„It has been said that science is opposed to, and in conflict with revelation. But the history of the former shows that the greater its progress, and the more accurate its investigations and results, the more plainly it is seen not only not to clash with the latter, but in all things to confirm it. The very sciences from which objections have been brought against religion have, by their own progress, removed those objections, and in the end furnished full confirmation of the inspired Word of God.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 506.

„The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny. – As Lessing says, 'Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.“

—  Tryon Edwards

Fonte: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 152.