Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things; it is feeble if it cannot realize that.

Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind or smoke, and saying it moreover in tones of pride and satisfaction? Is this then something to be said gaily? Is it not on the contrary something to be said sadly, as being the saddest thing in the world?

Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee.

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

I know whom I have believed.

Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.