"That is why the Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or- if they think there is not- at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us;"
“In the passage where the New Testament says that every one must work, it gives as a reason ’in order that he may have something to give to those in need.’”
“If people do not believe in permanent marriage, it is perhaps better that they should live together unmarried than that they should make vows they do not mean to keep. It is true that by living together without marriage they will be guilty (in Christian eyes) of fornication. But one fault is not mended by adding another: unchastely is not improved by adding perjury.”
“…love is the great conqueror of lust.”
"Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go."
“As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”
“For Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.”
“If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.”
"When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.”
“But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not."
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
"Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.”
“There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice."
"first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you.”
“He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others - not because He has favorites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favorites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.”
“When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only man in the world.”
“If you picture Time as a straight line along which we have to travel, then you must picture God as the whole page on which the line is drawn."
“Each time you fall He will pick you up again. And He knows perfectly well that your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection.”
“The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether."
"Give up yourself, and you will find your real self."
"Lose your life and you will save it."
"Keep back nothing."
"Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in."
“In the passage where the New Testament says that every one must work, it gives as a reason ’in order that he may have something to give to those in need.’”
“If people do not believe in permanent marriage, it is perhaps better that they should live together unmarried than that they should make vows they do not mean to keep. It is true that by living together without marriage they will be guilty (in Christian eyes) of fornication. But one fault is not mended by adding another: unchastely is not improved by adding perjury.”
“…love is the great conqueror of lust.”
"Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go."
“As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”
“For Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.”
“If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.”
"When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.”
“But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not."
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
"Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.”
“There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice."
"first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you.”
“He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others - not because He has favorites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favorites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.”
“When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only man in the world.”
“If you picture Time as a straight line along which we have to travel, then you must picture God as the whole page on which the line is drawn."
“Each time you fall He will pick you up again. And He knows perfectly well that your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection.”
“The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether."
"Give up yourself, and you will find your real self."
"Lose your life and you will save it."
"Keep back nothing."
"Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in."
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