“Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.”

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.

We cannot rely on God’s promises without obeying his commandments.

We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.

It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.

If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.

We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.

But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

Man’s mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.

Existence is prior to essence.

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.

That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists.