The Pilgrim's Progress Quotes

“The Interpreter then began to explain the meaning of the painting. “The man you see in this picture is one in a thousand. He can produce children,36 labor in birth pains,37 and nurse them himself when they are born. And do you see his eyes looking to heaven, the Bible in his hands, and the law of truth on his lips?” Christian nodded, listening intently to the Interpreter’s every word. “This is to show you that his work is to know and expose dark things to sinners, even as you see him standing there pleading with men. “And where you see the world behind him and the crown that hangs over his head, that’s to show you that he despises the things of this world for the love that he has for doing God’s work. He will surely receive his reward in glory.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: A Readable Modern-Day Version of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress

“Solidity, indeed becomes the pen Of him that writes things divine to men;”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: By John Bunyan

“What are the things you seek, since you leave all the world to find them?” “I seek an incorruptible inheritance,” Christian answered.”
― John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress

“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.”
― John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress

“He has given me rest by his sorrow and life by his death.”
― John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress

“{358} IGNOR. When do our thoughts of ourselves agree with the Word of God? CHR. When we pass the same judgment upon ourselves which the Word passes. To explain myself--the Word of God saith of persons in a natural condition, "There is none righteous, there is none that doeth good." [Rom. 3] It saith also, that "every imagination of the heart of man is only evil, and that continually." [Gen. 6:5] And again, "The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth." [Rom. 8:21] Now then, when we think thus of ourselves, having sense thereof, then are our thoughts good ones, because according to the Word of God. IGNOR. I will never believe that my heart is thus bad.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“2. By a life answerable to that confession; to wit, a life of holiness, heart-holiness, family-holiness, (if he hath a family), and by conversation-holiness in the world which, in the general, teacheth him, inwardly, to abhor his sin, and himself for that, in secret; to suppress it in his family and to promote holiness in the world; not by talk only, as a hypocrite or talkative person may do, but by a practical subjection, in faith and love, to the power of the Word. [John 14:15, Ps. 50:23, Job 42:5-6, Eze. 20:43]”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“Seeing, then, that God prefers his religion; seeing God prefers a tender conscience; seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven are wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him; Shame, depart, thou art an enemy to my salvation!”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“{55} Secondly, Thou must abhor his labouring to render the cross odious unto thee; for thou art to prefer it "before the treasures in Egypt." [Heb. 11:25,26]”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“must venture. To go back is nothing but death; to go forward is fear of death, and life-everlasting beyond it.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“Every fat must stand upon its own bottom;”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“{80} Then I saw in my dream that the Interpreter took Christian by the hand, and led him into a place where was a fire burning against a wall, and one standing by it, always casting much water upon it, to quench it; yet did the fire burn higher and hotter. Then said Christian, What means this? {81} The Interpreter answered, This fire is the work of grace that is wrought in the heart; he that casts water upon it, to extinguish and put it out, is the Devil; but in that thou seest the fire notwithstanding burn higher and hotter, thou shalt also see the reason of that. So he had him about to the backside of the wall, where he saw a man with a vessel of oil in his hand, of the which he did also continually cast, but secretly, into the fire. Then said Christian, What means this? {82} The Interpreter answered, This is Christ, who continually, with the oil of his grace, maintains the work already begun in the heart: by the means of which, notwithstanding what the devil can do, the souls of his people prove gracious still. [2 Cor. 12:9] And in that thou sawest that the man stood behind the wall to maintain the fire, that is to teach thee that it is hard for the tempted to see how this work of grace is maintained in the soul.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“CHR. Then I perceive it is not best to covet things that are now, but to wait for things to come. INTER. You say the truth: "For the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." [2 Cor. 4:18]”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“Now, he had not run far from his own door, but his wife and children, perceiving it, began to cry after him to return; but the man put his fingers in his ears, and ran on, crying, Life! life! eternal life! [Luke 14:26] So he looked not behind him, but fled towards the middle of the plain. [Gen. 19:17]”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream

“Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell?”
― John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress: One Man's Search for Eternal Life

“Alas, poor man! is the heavenly glory of so little worth with him, that he counteth it not worth running the risk of a few difficulties to obtain it?”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

“pangs,”
― John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress

“¿es la gloria celestial de tan poco valor para él, que no la considera digna de correr algunos peligros para obtenerla?”
― Juan Bunyan, El progreso del peregrino para todos

“¿cómo te salva Dios Padre?”. JACOBO: “Por su gracia”. PRUDENCIA: “¿Cómo te salva Dios Hijo?”. JACOBO: “Por su justicia, su muerte, su sangre y su vida”. PRUDENCIA: “¿Y cómo te salva Dios Espíritu Santo?”. JACOBO: “Por su iluminación, por su renovación y por su preservación”.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“camino al cielo es tan empinado como una escalera, y que el camino al infierno tiene tanta pendiente como un monte. Pero prefiero subir por la escalera hacia la vida, que bajar por la pendiente hacia la muerte”.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“Este árbol”, dijo él, “cuyo exterior se ve bien y cuyo interior está podrido, es a quien muchos que están en el huerto de Dios pueden compararse; quienes con su boca hablan grandes cosas en nombre de Dios, pero ciertamente no hacen nada por Él; cuyas hojas son bonitas, pero su corazón no es bueno para nada excepto para ser leña para el diablo”.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“Si el mundo, al cual Dios da luz, es considerado una cosa de valor por el hombre, ¿qué será el cielo, el cual Dios elogia?”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“las cosas terrenales, cuando se han apoderado de las mentes de los hombres, apartan bastante lejos sus corazones de Dios”.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“lo amargo llega antes que lo dulce;”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“Estos problemas y angustias que experimentas en estas aguas no son una señal de que Dios te haya abandonado, sino que son enviadas para probarte, para ver si traes a tu mente lo que has recibido hasta aquí de su bondad, y vives de Él en tu angustia”.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“Christian shook his head. “No, I will not. I have laid my hand to the plough and will not look back.” (No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. – Luke 9:62)”
― John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress

“Cristo está tan oculto en Dios de los afectos naturales de la carne, que ningún hombre puede conocerle de modo salvador, a menos que Dios Padre se lo revele”.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“Tal como la Palabra juzga nuestro corazón, también juzga nuestros caminos; y cuando nuestros pensamientos sobre nuestro corazón y nuestros caminos están en acuerdo con el juicio que declara la Palabra en cuanto a ambos, entonces ambos son buenos porque están en consonancia”.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“aunque tardare, espéralo, porque sin duda vendrá, no tardará.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino

“Cesa, hijo mío, de oír las enseñanzas que te hacen divagar de las razones de sabiduría’.”
― John Bunyan, El Progreso del Peregrino