There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.

Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away paradise. Therefore in all temptations consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose.

The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It's a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you than any punishment for it.

It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.

It is better to go bruised to heaven than sound to hell.

Times are bad, God is good.

Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

God knows we have nothing of ourselves, therefore in the covenant of grace he requires no more than he gives, but gives what he requires, and accepts what he gives.

God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the world to condemn them, that they may not love the world, the world hates them.

Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.

...all that is carried alongby the stream's silvery cascade, rhythmically falling from the mountain, carried by its own current--carried where?

Live in love to live in abundance.

Life could sometimes be grand.

I'm a real nature lover, so whenever possible, I like to get to the beach or get to a forest or get somewhere there's fresh air. Apart from that, I'm a film addict and a DVD freak.

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

I carry my flute around everywhere I go and pull it out. It actually becomes a panacea for me, for things that go on around me. It really gives me relief and calmness, tranquility.

The Fear of Death often proves Mortal.

I'm a simple guy, you know? If I do something, it's not going to be, 'Look at this, look at that.' It just happens.

You are my glue. Without you, I'd be nothing but broken pieces.