Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls.

It would be a very sharp & trying experience to me to think that I have an affliction which God never sent me, that the bitter cup was never filled by his hand, that my trials were never measured out by him, nor sent to me by his arrangement of their weight and quantity.

I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes

Sufficient for the day is all that we can enjoy. We cannot eat or drink or wear more than the day's supply of food and raiment; the surplus gives us the care of storing it, and the anxiety of watching against a thief. One staff aids a traveller, but a bundle of staves is a heavy burden. Enough is not only as good as a feast, but is all that the greatest glutton can truly enjoy. This is all that we should expect; a craving for more than this is ungrateful. When our Father does not give us more, we should be content with his daily allowance.

When you speak of heaven, let your face light up...When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do.

There is nothing that will keep a person from Christ like a good opinion of himself.

The grace that does not change my life will not save my soul.