To a hungry man, Christ is very lovely when He has a loaf of bread in His hand.

I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters.

Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.

Want of will causes paralysis of every faculty. In spiritual things man is utterly unable because resolvedly unwilling.

Darkness is the fit hour for beasts of prey, and ignorance the natural dwelling place of cruelty.

Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without sap, we are withered. Like coals without fire, we are useless. As an offering without the sacrificial flame, we are unaccepted.

Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.