The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls, disappears under a criticism that is all-comprehending and all-surveying.

Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he can be, but he has no holiness, that is, no supreme love of God

The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls, disappears under a criticism that is all-comprehending and all-surveying.

They say that travelling broadens your mind, but first you must have a mind.

There is just now a great clamor and demand for "culture;" but it is not so much culture that is needed as discipline.

Say what men may, it is doctrine that moves the world. He who takes no position will not sway the human intellect.

Clear statement is argument.