“The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.”

You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.

You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.

God gave us sleep to remind us we are not him.

Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don’t know where we are going, we know with whom we go.

We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.

A man says to me, ‘Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?’ No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.

In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.

Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

We cannot always trace God’s hand but we can always trust God’s heart.

I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need.

Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.

The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.

What an astonishing thing a book is.

There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy.

We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.

You can write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect day.

People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.