The very discovery of these hidden things is in itself a purifying experience! The soul needs to discover what is inside. The self nature needs to see what it really is, and what it is like-right to the very bottom.

Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!

Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.

The very discovery of these hidden things is in itself a purifying experience! The soul needs to discover what is inside. The self nature needs to see what it really is, and what it is like-right to the very bottom.

It is a great truth, wonderful as it is undeniable, that all our happiness - temporal, spiritual, and eternal - consists in one thing; namely, in resigning ourselves to God, and in leaving ourselves with Him, to do with us and in us just as He pleases.

Ah, if you knew what peace there is in an accepted sorrow!