Hosea Ballou Quotes

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!

God sees hearts as we see faces.

Let us ask ourselves seriously and honestly, 'What do I believe after all? What manner of man am I after all? What sort of show would I make after all, if the people around me knew my heart and all my secret thoughts?" What sort of show then do I already make in the sight of Almighty God, who sees every man exactly as he is?'

The authentic self is the soul made visible.

The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.

We can never see who someone really is underneath the skin.

Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the esteem of others, we must only ever show our ugliest sides; this is how we keep ourselves on the common level

I think people's soul - I think you can kind of see it - there's what they say and there's what they do.

There is more that meets the eye, I see the soul that is inside.

I wish they would see the real person in me. One day, they will know I'm not here for the show. My mind do shine. My heart is so kind. But that they can not see because all they see is the outside of me. Who I am, what I do is only the reaction I get from you.

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the soul, finding there capacities which the outside didn't indicate or promise, and which the other kind of eye couldn't detect.

The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart.

That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.

Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.

If you don't feel fabulous, you have deviated from the path of who-you-really-are.

Your personality is a tool of your soul.

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature

I do not care about my own appearance, but I would hope that people could see into my soul, and that is presented better in these photographs than in others. (On his self-portraits)

The greatest gift you can give a person is to wake them up to remind them of who the really are.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

The human face does not always reflect the beauty that may repose in the soul.

Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.

Become such as you are, having learned what that is.