"We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits a war or an earthquake or some ...
Every story of conversion is a story of blessed defeat.
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"As long as [man] does not convert it into action, it does not matter how much he thinks about this new repentance... Wallow in it... Write a book abou...
"I believe this not in the sense that it is part of my creed, but in the sense that it is one of my opinions. My religion would not be in ruins if this...
"... Of his sins [Heavenly Father] does not want [man] to think [on them] too much: once they are repented, the sooner the man turns his attention outw...
"Are you not thirsty?" said the Lion."I am dying of thirst," said Jill."Then drink," said the Lion."May I — could I — would you mind going away while I...
"The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart.
"The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in th...
"It may be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies.
"When man comes into the presence of God he will find, whether he wishes it or not, that all those things which seemed to make him so different from th...
"The pretence leads up to the real thing. When you are not feeling particularly friendly but know you ought to be, the best thing you can do, very ofte...
"As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down ...
"There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any ...
"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person...
"The world does not consist of 100 percent Christians and 100 percent non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who are slowly ceasing to...
"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him.