“It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.”

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won’t do whatever they want, they’ll do whatever He wants.

It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.

He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.

To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.

Hope is never ill when faith is well.

See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.

The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.

Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.

Beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.

It’s almost always easier to sell to an existing customer base than to find a new one.

If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment – now and not later.

There are no short and easy paths to a long and lasting happiness.

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.

Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don’t create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market – define your customers – then find or develop a product for them.

As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war … You have to learn when to let go. And that’s not easy.