John Patrick > John's Quotes

“True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie.”
― A.W. Tozer

“Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine

“The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshiping men. This she has not done deliberately, but little by little and without her knowledge; and her very unawareness only makes her situation all the more tragic.”
― A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Almighty God: A 366-day Devotional

“ One of the purest souls ever to live on this fallen planet was Nicholas Herman, known as Brother Lawrence. He wrote very little, but what he wrote has seemed to several generations of Christians to be so rare and so beautiful as to deserve a place near the top among the world's great books of devotion. The writings of Brother Lawrence are the ultimate in simplicity; ideas woven like costly threads to make a pattern of great beauty. ”
― A.W. Tozer

“God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, "0 Lord, Thou knowest." Those things belong to the deep and mysterious Profound of God's omniscience. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints.”
― A. W. Tozer , The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
― Horace Mann

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

“Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.”
― Horace Mann

“Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.”
― Horace Mann

“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.”
― Horace Mann

“It is well to think well: it is divine to act well.”
― Horace Mann

“If any man seeks greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.”
― Horace Mann

“The most important ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with other people.”
― Horace Mann