You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.

There is no form of sinfulness to which you are addicted which Christ cannot remove.

When we cannot see the sunshine of God's face, it is blessed to cower down beneath the shadow of his wings.

I met another man who considered himself perfect, but he was thoroughly mad; and I do not believe that any of the pretenders to perfection are better than good maniacs... for while a man has got a spark of reason left in him, he cannot, unless he is the most impudent of impostors, talk about being perfect.

To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.

My witness is, that those who are honoured of their Lord in public, have usually to endure a secret chastening, or to carry a peculiar cross, lest by any means they exalt themselves, and fall into the snare of the devil.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.