If you give your soul up to anything earthly, whether it be the wealth, or the honours, or the pleasures of this world, you might as well hunt after the mirage of the desert or try to collect the mists of the morning, or to store up for yourself the clouds of the sky, for all these things are passing away.

We know of no cure for the love of evil in a Christian like daily communion with the Lord Jesus.

Before you can teach children, you must get the silver key of kindness to unlock their hearts, and so secure their attention.

Giving is true loving.

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.

The friend of God must not spend a day without God, and he must undertake no work apart from his God.

By all means read the Puritans, they are worth more than all the modern stuff put together.