The diver plunges deep to find pearls, and we must accept any labor or hazard to win a soul

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory.

It is always easier to destroy a complex system than to selectively alter it.

But it would be like going to Heaven and not finding any of your friends there. Her life would go all beatific and empty in the eyes.

Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache.

The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

I'm pretty sure Adele and James Blunt were dumped by the same man.

The streets weren't paved with gold and Rose petals [when I was young]. "Do I have a horn to sell this month to pay my rent, or what am I going to do?" It was what it was.

Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.

I think that as the guardian of justice elected by the people it's our duty to use whatever forms of force, police, army, to make sure that at least the freedom of choice is preserved.