Theodore Parker Quotes on Truth
Theodore Parker was an American Unitarian minister, Transcendentalist, and abolitionist and one of the leading public intellectuals of antebellum New England. This page collects quotes attributed to Theodore Parker on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive triumph of the right. I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice. -
Attributed to Theodore Parker:
“Truth is so simple that it is regarded as pretentious banality.”
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“Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.”
A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion (1842). -
“Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.”
A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion (1842). -
“If you lend me your ears, I shall doubtless take your hearts too. That I may not lead you into any wrong, let me warn you of this. Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience , your heart and your soul . So only can you be true to God .”
Two Sermons (1853), Sermon II : Of the Position and Duty of a Minister.