We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.

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

The man who remains in his sin will be damned just as surely as the sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west.

Breezy, self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then have a good time all the rest of your life; the Lord won't demand anything of you. Yes, He will, my friend! The Lord will demand everything of you. And when you give it all up to Him, He may bless it and hand it back, but on the other hand He may not.

It's not my business to try and make God think like me... but to try, in prayer and penitence, to think like God.

You can blame circumstances, but backsliding always begins in the heart.

As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.