Self-seeking is the gate by which a soul departs from peace; and total abandonment to the will of God, that by which it returns.

It is only by a total death to self we can be lost in God.

He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.

I have never found any who prayed so well as those who had never been taught how. They who have no master in man, have one in the Holy Spirit.

Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!

God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

All consolation that does not come from God is but desolation; when the soul has learned to receive no comfort but in God only, it has passed beyond the reach of desolation.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.

Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.

If we put faith in Christ Jesus, we are justified by faith in Christ.

It is better to be kind than to seek much knowledge.

Politics is a mirror with an untamed tongue

I learned never to say, 'That's too tight.' If a woman puts it on and feels good about herself, then it's for her.

People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons.

Do what you really want to do. Don't play their game! Don't do what they want. Find your own way.

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.

A people without a language of its own is only half a nation. A nation should guard its language more than its territories, 'tis a surer barrier and a more important frontier than mountain or river.