I believe there is no liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational piety, than the Common Prayer of the Church of England. And though the main of it was compiled considerably more than two hundred years ago, yet is the language of it, not only pure, but strong and elegant in the highest degree.

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.

Reading Christians are growing Christians. When Christians cease to read, they cease to grow.

On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God and then form our resolutions, without being in any pain about what success they may have. In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing his name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit.

I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.