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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 Spurgeon

Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Book Goodness Live Religious
Before you go out into the world, wash your face in the clear crystal of praise. Bury each yesterday in the fine linen and spices of thankfulness.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Praise Thankful World Yesterday Yourself
The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Book Memories
Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Believe Death Joy Punishment
You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Heart Himself Yourself
Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Faith Hope Love
Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. Great faith must have great trials.
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Faith Greatness Heart Struggle Trouble
Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Care Mindset Yourself
The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Enemy Greatness Human Man Right Soul Spirit
You will never know God’s strength until He has supported you in deep waters.
CHARLES SPURGEON

God Hard Time Himself Strength Support Yourself
God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port.
CHARLES SPURGEON

God Goodness Togetherness Yourself
We wept when we were born though all around us smiled; so shall we smile when we die while all around us weep.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Born Death Smile
We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Blessing Ourselves Writing
Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip
CHARLES SPURGEON

Death Forever Hands Lose
Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Hell Moral Religious Yourself
A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Animal Entertainment Food Time
I do believe we slander Christ when we think we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ crucified.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Believe People Spiritual Thinking
Every Christian man has a choice between being humble and being humbled.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Choice Humble Man
We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Mindset Thankful Wrong
Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.
CHARLES SPURGEON

God See Yourself
Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Death Dog Prayer
Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Forever Life Light Live Reason Time
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Glory God Yourself
It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Heart Prayer Time Yourself
We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, ‘Is it pleasant?’ but, ‘Is it true?’
CHARLES SPURGEON

Learning True
Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.
CHARLES SPURGEON

Affection God Government Men Mindset Rule
There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.
CHARLES SPURGEON

God Marriage Sin Yourself

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.

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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.

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