"Many people have just enough natural religion to make them immune to the real thing."

"Today . . . when Satan worship is increasing at an alarming rate, we had better be aware of him, his origin, his aims, his abilities, and his limitations."

"For centuries mankind has been on an incredible journey, taking him across every generation and through every conceivable experience in his search for God."

"God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battleground."

"The Bible tells us that the state of the world will grow darker as we near the end of the age."

"Idolatrous beliefs have eroded the foundations of truth. Whether ancient or modern, all have posed alternatives to the biblical way of approaching God."

"[Christians] are commanded to warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time."

"Man suppresses the truth, mixes it with error, and develops the religions of the world."

"Religion can be anything! But true Christianity is God coming to man in a personal relationship."

"Man seeks to excuse himself of sin, but God seeks to convict him of it and to save him from it. Sin is no amusing toy—it is a terror to be shunned! Learn, then, what constitutes sin in the eyes of God!"

"Popularity and adulation are far more dangerous for the Christian than persecution. It is easy when all goes smoothly to lose our sense of balance and perspective."

"Students today want to know about the devil, about witchcraft, about the occult. Many people do not know they are turning to Satan. They are being deluded."

"The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith—and He will forgive."

"Repentance is mentioned seventy times in the New Testament . . . the Bible says God commands repentance . . . it is a command . . . God says, “Repent! Or perish!"

"From compromise to deceit is a small step."

"People, especially the young, wanted to hear about God and not man."

"Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him—not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands—for our confidence in the future."

"Nothing has more strength than dire necessity."

"Waste not fresh tears over old griefs"

"Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy."

"He is wise that is wise to himself."

"The language of truth is simple."

"Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks."

"Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves"

"Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman."

"Love's all in all to women"

"Youth holds no society with grief."

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

"Among mortals second thoughts are wisest."

"He is not a lover who does not love forever."

"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm."

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world."

"The bold are helpless without cleverness."

"The lucky person passes for a genius."

"The wavering mind is but a base possession."

"Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad."

"Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise."

"Silence is true wisdom's best reply."

"Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes."

"Much effort, much prosperity."

"To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man."

"Do not consider painful what is good for you."

"Better a serpent than a stepmother!"

"Friends show their love in times of trouble."

"In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?"

"There is just one life for each of us: our own."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows not."

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." (Letter 16, 1657)"