I declare I know no state of soul more dangerous than to imagine we are born again and sanctified by the Holy Ghost, because we have picked up a few religious feelings.

Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.

Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us.

Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.

There is but one fountain of comfort for a man drawing near to his end, and that is the Bible. ...All comfort from any other source is a house built upon sand.

Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.

Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.