When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
Prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
This hill, though high, I covet to ascend; The difficulty will not me offend. For I perceive the way to life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear. Better, though difficult, the right way to go, Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.
For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.
What God says is best, indeed is best, though all men in the world are against it. Seeing, then, that God prefers his religion; seeing God prefers a tender conscience; seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven are wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him: Shame, depart, thou art an enemy to my salvation.
Whoso beset him round With dismal stories Do but themselves confound; His strength the more is.
Now may this little Book a blessing be To those that love this little Book, and me: And may its Buyer have no cause to say, His money is but lost, or thrown away.
Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
