The purpose of good works isn't to change us or save us; rather, it's the demonstration of the change within us.

For myself, I long ago decided that I would rather know the truth than be happy in ignorance. If I can not have both truth and happiness, give me truth. We’ll have a long time to be happy in heaven.

Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.

If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.

I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.

I fear that for the most part people are worshiping worship rather than worshiping God and communing with Him.

I do not know why God does some things, but I am convinced that nothing is accidental in his universe.