
"Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness."
—Blaise Pascal
"The glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God."
—Irenaeus
"'Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light and Heat. But yet, put out the Candle, and they are both gone."
—John Selden
"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars."
—Thomas à Kempis
"God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years."
—A. W. Tozer
"Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes with a Spirit of life and power."
—John Owen
"To have God in our life, doesn't mean sailing on a boat with no storms, it means having a boat that no storm can sink!"
—Author Unknown