“Unless God’s Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.”

When the Bible speaks, God speaks.

Satan is an astute theologian.

How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.

Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.

Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him.

The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve.

We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.

The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.

She was hidden, drenched in darkness. He held her hand and called her luna.

When my world grows dark I remember: Every light begins with a spark.

You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality, you don’t want to do those films every year because they’re taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.

When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.

Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.

Why live in the darkness all your life? Why, if you are unhappy, if you are having a miserable time, why not just look at it? Why are you in the darkness? Look for the light. The light is within.