“Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.”

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.

The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.

Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.

If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.

Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.

Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.

Print will never die. There’s no substitute for the feel of an actual book.

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.