“There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.”

Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.

He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.

A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.

One requirement to be used as a leader in a movement of revival: They must have the Spirit of God upon them.

You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.

Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.

Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.

When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.

Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.

The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.

The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.

I go out to preach with two propositions in mind. First, every person ought to give his life to Christ. Second, whether or not anyone else gives him his life, I will give him mine.

Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.

I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn’t be intrusive.

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public.

When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First Amendment. But also the fundamental right to privacy.

I believe that if you took privacy and you said, I’m willing to give up all of my privacy to be secure. So you weighted it as a zero.

If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.

I shall never write an autobiography, I’m much too jealous of my privacy for that.

And if you do the latter, you’re not so worried about the everyday trivialities of life, for example, petty concerns about secrecy or privacy.

We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.