We hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.

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.

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

Once I began to consider everything as being of potential interest, objects released latent layers of value.

Experts are just trained dogs.

... she indulged in melancholy - that cheapest and most accessible of luxuries.

At any given time, there are ideas and images that can only be communicated indirectly.

Do not try to produce an ideal child, it would find no fitness in this world.

Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up.

Training in analysis (like any other form of chess training) should be treated very seriously.

Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it.

Angel, saint, Devil's spawn, good or evil, you've got me pinned to the wall and labeled as yours until the day I die. And if you die first, then it won't be long before I follow.