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“There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. . . . Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord. . . .”
― Charles Spurgeon

“A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“When your will is God's will, you will have your will.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“The Lord gets His best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of his company.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“Care more for a grain of faith than a ton of excitement.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!”
― Charles Spurgeon

“A little faith will bring your soul to heaven; a great faith will bring heaven to your soul.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Have your heart right with Christ, and he will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples, and earth into heaven.”
― C.H. Spurgeon

“I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.”
― C.H. Spurgeon

“Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“An ounce of heart knowledge is worth more than a ton of head learning.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.”
― C.H. Spurgeon

“He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“The Christian should work as if all depended upon him, and pray as if it all depended upon God.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David: Spurgeon's Classic Work on the Psalms

“Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“If you cut him, (John Bunyan) he'd bleed Scripture!”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“A sheep in the midst of wolves is safe compared with the Christian in the midst of ungodly men.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“The only reason why anything virtuous or lively survives in us is this, 'the LORD is there'" (Ez. 35:10)”
― Charles Spurgeon

“We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God’s grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

“We are not responsible to God for the soul that are saved, but we are responsible for the Gospel that is preached, and for the way in which we preach it”
― Charles Spurgeon

“The Word of God will be to you a bulwark and a high tower, a castle of defense against the foe. Oh, see to it that the Word of God is in you, in your very soul, permeating your thoughts, and so operating upon your outward life, that all may know you to be a true Bible-Christian, for they perceive it in your words and deeds.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, All of Grace