To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding of our wills without restriction and without choice to tread cheerfully every day in the path in which Providence leads us. It is to seek nothing, to be discouraged by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, and to trust all else without reserve to the will and power of God.

God has not chosen to save us without crosses; as He has not seen fit to create men at once in the full vigor of manhood, but has suffered them to grow up by degrees amid all the perils and weaknesses of youth.

When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.

To be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing can disturb

To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins-is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?