Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
CHARLES SPURGEONWhatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.
More Charles Spurgeon Quotes
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To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark-that is faith.
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His eyes never slumber, and His hands never rest; His heart never ceases to beat with love, and His shoulders are never weary of carrying His people’s burdens.
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God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port.
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Unbelief will destroy the best of us; faith will save the worst of us.
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My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.
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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
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Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice.
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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.
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A person who is really saved by Grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve Christ. The new life within him tells him that. Instead of regarding it as a burden, he gladly surrenders himself, body, soul, and spirit, to the Lord.
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Defend the Bible? I’d sooner defend a lion. You don’t defend the Bible; you open its cage and let it roar.
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Do not go on His errands till first you have sat at His feet.
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Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.
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I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?
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Unless you have forgiven others you read your own death warrant when you repeat the Lord’s Prayer.
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