“Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.”

Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.

Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.

I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.

God, as I may say, is forced to break men’s hearts, before he can make them willing to cry to him, or be willing that he should have any concerns with them; the rest shut their eyes, stop their ears, withdraw their hearts, or say unto God, Be gone.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.

Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.

Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire.

I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.

And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

The best prayers have often more groans than words.

Humility is the light of the understanding.

Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.

To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.

We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.

You can be far more aggressive when you’re making good profits.

No one who is in business for profit can foist his or her beliefs on a workforce that includes many people who do not share those beliefs.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.

Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.

When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.