I am persuaded that men think there is no God because they wish there were none. They find it hard to believe in God, and to go on in sin, so they try to get an easy conscience by denying his existence.

The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.

Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.

Fear to fear. Be afraid to be afraid. Your worst enemy is within your own bosom. Get to your knees and cry for help, and then rise up saying, 'I will trust, and not be afraid.'

If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all.

Let us measure ourselves by our Master, and not by our fellow-servants : then pride will be impossible.

The man who finds the ministry an easy life will also find that it will bring a hard death.