Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.
Tryon EdwardsSinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.
Tryon EdwardsTrue religion extends alike to the intellect and the heart. Intellect is in vain if it lead not to emotion, and emotion is vain if not enlightened by intellect; and both are vain if not guided by truth and leading to duty.
Tryon EdwardsWe never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience.
Tryon Edwards