Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer.

The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

Christ dwells in that heart most eminently that hath emptied itself of itself.

Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.

You have to be a light to yourself in a world that is utterly becoming dark.

Nothing that you confess... can make me love you any less.

The grass is always green if God is watering it.

Man is fond of counting his troubles but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

To fairy flutes, As the light advances, In square black boots The cabman dances.

Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others will keep us permanently secure.

Ray Garton never fails to go for the throat!

Truth is within ourselves. There is an inmost center in us all, where the truth abides in fullness.