Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.

The Human heart is an idol factory.

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.

Lawful worship consists in obedience alone.

Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.

If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.

There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.