Quotes about Quote

Sirs, so much as your hearts as is empty of Christ and heaven, let it be filled with shame and sorrow, and not with ease (483).

If thy meditation tends to fill thy note-book with notions, and good sayings, concerning God, and not thy heart with longing after him, and delight in him, for aught I know thy book is as much a Christian as thou (553).

God as a Trinity of persons, available at cacradicalgrace.org.

We are all spiritually powerless, however, and not just those physically addicted to a substance, which is why I address this book to everyone.

Abba is the word that Jesus used to connote safety and endearment. It is actually a child's word, closest to Papa or Daddy. But unfortunately, it suffers today from centuries of being heard (and used) inside patriarchal cultures, implicitly validating a hierarchical worldview.

Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.

We must neither bind where God looseth, nor loose where God bindeth, nor open where God shutteth, nor shut where God openeth; the right use of the keys is always successful.

Solomon noted that envy is the reason why most people overwork!

Sin is powerful, but not as powerful as the liberating power of grace.

So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.

This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions, but he has kept the commandments.

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.