A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.

Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.

One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.

Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.

A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.

Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or the fervent exercises of the heart? That religion which God requires, and will accept, does not consist in weak, dull, and lifeless, wishes, raising us but a little above a state of indifference.

The deceitfulness of the heart of man appears in no one thing so much as this of spiritual pride and self-righteousness. The subtlety of Satan appears in its height, in his managing persons with respect to this sin. And perhaps one reason may be that here he has most experience; he knows the way of its coming in; he is acquainted with the secret springs of it: it was his own sin. Experience gives vast advantage in leading souls, either in good or evil.