“There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.”

There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!

Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.

Resolved, to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it.

Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.

Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.

Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.

He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.

A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.

One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.

You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.

Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.

When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.

In a well-functioning democracy, the state constitution is considered more important than God’s holy book, whichever holy book that may be, and God matters only in your private life.

Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.

The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.

When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.

The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.

In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.

To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.

Very private people have mastered the art of telling you little about themselves but doing it in such a way you think you know a lot.