“For knowledge, great knowledge, may be obtained in the mysteries of the gospel, without any work of grace in the soul. You see, even if a man has all knowledge, he may still be nothing, and so, consequently, not be a child of God.”

“Then said the giant, "Thou practices the craft of a kidnapper. Thou gatherest up woman and children and carriest them into a strange country, to the weakening of my master's kingdom." But now Great-Heart replied, "I am a servant of the God of Heaven; my business is to persuade sinners of repentance. I am commanded to do my endeavor to turn men, women and children, fro darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God.”

“he had eyes lifted up to Heaven, the best of books in his hand, the law of truth written upon his lips, the world behind his back. He stood as if pleading with men, and a crown of gold hung over his head."

“The man with whom you are so impressed will beguile with that tongue of his twenty who do not know him."2

“The new convert is tested to see if the words he professes are justified with corresponding fruit in his life. Christian's”

“The bothersome noise of religious talk grows irksome when laid upon the living score of discordant behavior. Talkative's”

“Let the Kingdom be always before you, and believe with certainty and consistency the things that are yet unseen. Let nothing that is on this side of eternal life get inside you.”

“Your impression of him as a respectable man brings to my mind the work of a painter whose pictures show attractively at a distance but unpleasantly up close."

“Religion has no place in his heart, his home, or his conversation. He is all talk, and his religion is to make noise with his mouth."

“Though the hill is high, I still desire to walk up it. I don’t care how difficult it is, because I understand that it leads to the way of life.”

“The hill, though high, I desire to ascend, The difficulty will not me offend;

“Most men will not ignore the present world that they can see in order to make the world they cannot see the object of their desires. Therefore, there is an immediate friendship between this world and a man's fleshly desires and a corresponding distance between carnal man and eternal things.”

“it is common for those that have called themselves His servants, after awhile to give Him the slip, and return again to me.”

“They now see with Heaven's eyes the schemes, traps, enticements, and entertainments of the world in a new way. So”

“Everyone needs to make his own choices. You need to mind your own business and not meddle in ours." So”

“They hold on to their beliefs, even though all other men oppose them. But I’m for religion that is tolerant of the times and not a threat to my safety. They are for Religion when he dresses in rags and is considered contemptible. But I am for him when he walks in his silver slippers, in the sunshine, and with applause.” Mr.”

“It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls. ”

“Then said Good-Will, "Alas, poor Pliable! Is the celestial glory of so little value to him that he considers it unworthy of his hazarding a few difficulties to obtain it?"

“If you continue in this direction you are likely to experience wearisomeness, painfulness, hunger, perils, nakedness, sword, lions, dragons, darkness, and, in a word, death, and who knows what else.”

“But though this be so, yet since things present and our fleshly appetite are such near neighbours one to another; and again, because things to come, and carnal sense, are such strangers one to another; therefore it is, that the first of these so suddenly fall into amity, and that distance is so continued between the second.”

“Christian nodded. “Now I see that Patience has superior wisdom in many ways. First of all, because he waits for the best things. Second, because he will also have the glory of his inheritance, when the other has nothing but rags.”

“On the Day of Judgment , life and death are not determined by the world but by God's wisdom and law”

“There’ll be no more crying, or sorrow; for the owner of the place will wipe all tears from our eyes.”

“It’s wonderful! Music in the house! Music in the heart! And music also in heaven, for joy that we are here!”

“Pure religion and undefiled, before God and the Father, is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

“Do you see yonder shining light? He said, I think I do. Then said Evangelist, Keep that light in your eye, and go up directly thereto,”

“My name at the first was Graceless.”

“He who is down, needs fear no fall; He who is low, has no pride. He who is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide.”

“I seek an incorruptible inheritance,” Christian answered. “It’s pure and untarnished, and it never fades.”

“For I have been in my preaching, especially when I have been engaged in the doctrine of life by Christ, without works, as if an angel of God had stood by at my back to encourage me:”

“The pilgrim's progress : from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream, wherein is discovered the manner of his setting out, his dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired country.”

“I also know that a man, by the way he lives his life, can quickly invalidate whatever arguments or advice he presents to others for their own good. Yet”

“(Cease, my son, to hear the teaching that induces one to deviate from the reasons of wisdom. – Prov. 19:27)”

“But one morning as I was again at prayer, and trembling under the fear of this, That no word of God could help me, that piece of a sentence darted in upon me, My grace is sufficient. ”

“No fears, no Grace, said James. Tho’ there is not always Grace where there is the fear of Hell, yet to be sure there is no Grace where there is no fear of God.”

“{369} HOPE. I do believe, as you say, that fear tends much to men's good, and to make them right, at their beginning to go on pilgrimage.”

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent"

"He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two."

"What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul"

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

"To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better."

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

"It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live."

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."

"Not being heard is no reason for silence."

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."

"Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face."

"To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life."

"Those who do not weep, do not see."