Selfishness is never so exquisitely selfish as when it is on its knees. ... Self turns what would otherwise be a pure and powerful prayer into a weak and ineffective one.

The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him.

An honest man is strange when he is among dishonest men, but it is a good kind of strangeness.

The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed.

If JESUS cannot control you, HE cannot save you. And if HE cannot control ALL of you HE cannot control any of you.

We who follow Christ are men and women of eternity. We must put no confidence in the passing scenes of the disappearing world. We must resist every attempt of Satan to palm off upon us the values that belong to mortality. Nothing less than forever is long enough for us.

God is never satisfied with anything less than all.