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“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
― Anglican clergyman

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
― C.S. Lewis

“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
― C.S. Lewis

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

“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.”
― Charles Spurgeon

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

“You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read.

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We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure time, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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

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

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

“If Christ is not all to you He is nothing to you. He will never go into partnership as a part Saviour of men. If He be something He must be everything, and if He be not everything He is nothing to you.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness”
― Charles 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

“That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.”
― Charles Spurgeon

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

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

“Your emptiness is but the preparation for your being filled, and your casting down is but the making ready for your lifting up.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

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

“The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

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

“To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Volumes #1-3

“Conversion is a turning onto the right road. The next thing to do is to walk on it.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Don't shine so others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see Him.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.”
― John Newton