Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the midst of the waves.

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.

Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6).

It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.

In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.

The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.

Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.

The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.

God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.

To forsake sin, is to leave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.

I am not shame of my failures, they were necessary for my ultimate success.

My message to you all is of hope, courage, and confidence.

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

I don't believe in proving a point to anybody. Nobody is that important.

As time passes, my story fades away.

I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.

Togetherness is a substitute sense of community, a counterfeit communion.

I like expectations, with expectations, you have people coming at you from a place of doubt.

I will only accept something as truth if I am actually convinced of it.