"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
—Japanese Proverb
"True religion is a union of God with the soul, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God drawn upon the soul, or in the apostle's phrase, it is Christ formed in us."
—Henry Scougal
"Wherever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion."
—John Wesley
"Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them."
—Robert G. Ingersoll
"Christ himself deliberately staked his whole claim to the credit of men upon his resurrection. When asked for a sign he pointed to this sign as his single and sufficient credential."
—B. B. Warfield
"Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection."
—John R. W. Stott
"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime."
—Martin Luther