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

The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the day, is failing to preach the gospel.

The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.

I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.

Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.

Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.

As long as we live there is never enough singing.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.

Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!

Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.

It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.

Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.

There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.

We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.