Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us.

The carnal person fears man, not God. The strong Christian fears God, not man. The weak Christian fears man too much, and God too little.

The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.

What a mercy was it to us to have parents that prayed for us before they had us, as well as in our infancy when we could not pray for ourselves!

As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low.

Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer three‌–‌your own lust, Satan's temptation, and your enemy's heart.

The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying.

To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.

Whatever be the ground of one's distress, it should drive him to, not from God.

There will be grace and forgiveness enough, old dog, even for you. I pray you will spare me a drink from that cup, when it overflows for you.- Miles Vorkosigan

Altering our distressing emotions is an uphill battle. When you experience undesirable emotional outburst, try to alter the thought behind.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

I don't believe in writer's block.

The idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale.

Writers are damned liars. Every single one of them.

The most terrifying thing that ever happened to me was that Keith Moon decided he liked me.

Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.

Just believe, it will happen.