A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that
of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive
one.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently
manifested.
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not
understand at the time.
Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it,
me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation
for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to
reality.
It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the
actual.
The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to
God, not to us.
When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the
only way he can get in touch with Reality.
When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't."
You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done
for you on the inside.
“It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we
try to do God’s work in our own way.”
“When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him
out. He will only get out by the sheer creative effort of God. Consequently he
is in the right attitude to receive from God that which he cannot gain for
himself.”
“Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of
pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master.”
“We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to
him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and
don't despise the chastening of the Lord. ''In your patience possess your
souls.''”
“Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always
disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready
to repeat their lesson as often as we please.”
“Certain things can only be dealt with by ignoring them; if you face them you
increase their power. It is absurd to say, Pray about them; when once a thing is
seen to be wrong, don't pray about it, it fixes the mind on it; never for a
second brood on it, destroy it by neglect.”