The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.

Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's persistent and most urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?'

I had rather be in hell with Christ, than be in heaven without him.

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.