You are engaged in a work so spiritual, so far above all human power, that to forget the Spirit is to ensure defeat.

The worst thing thou has to fear is the treachery of thine own heart.

We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully; and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor parley with your mistakes.

We hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.

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.

A man says to me, 'Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?' No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.

Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy.