There are many who are lip servants but not life servants.

As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst.

There is nothing destroyed by sanctification but that which would destroy us.

To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow

The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the natural fruits of man's depraved and frail free-will.

Truth reforms as well as informs.

We are not justified by doing good works, but being justified we then do good.

There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up.

The best way never to fall is ever to fear.

The false starts and futilities of the past years proved themselves to be groundwork, foundations, laid in the dark but well laid.

Mike took a deep breath and locked all his muscles in place, so he didn’t follow her. His fingers tingled where he had touched her skin, it was so soft, he’d never felt anything as soft.

Your enormous soul had so many choices of who it could show up as. It chose you.

Man: The most complex of beings, and thus the most dependent of beings. On all that made you up, you depend.

No company fails in communist China, because they're all partly owned by the government.

I'm also interested in something that can happen later in life. In midstream, you can suddenly take what looks like a detour; I'm sure I've taken many detours.

We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.

Opportunities do not float like clouds in the sky. They're attached to people. If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a person.

God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.