More quotes by Henry Ward Beecher

"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
"Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven."
"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
"Now comes the mystery! (last words)"
"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."