Works indeed are good, and God strictly requires them of us, but they do not make us holy.

Heaven and earth, all the emperors, kings, and princes of the world, could not raise a fit dwelling-place for God; yet, in a weak human soul, that keeps His Word, He willingly resides.

For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it

God uses lust to impel men to marry, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.

I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.