And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling…the question should never be: ‘Do I like that kind of service?’ but ‘Are these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper?

If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business.

Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity.

A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

You must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can't give.

If you ask why we should obey God, in the last resort the answer is, 'I am.' To know God is to know that our obedience is due to Him.

It will not bother me in the hour of death to reflect that I have been "had for a sucker" by any number of imposters but it would be a torment to know that one had refused even one person in need.