The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer Quotes

“True religion is removed from diet and days, from garments and ceremonies, and placed where it belongs-in the union of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God.”
― A. W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer

“In natural matters faith follows evidence and is impossible without it, but in the realm of the spirit faith precedes understanding; it does not follow it. The natural man must know in order to believe; the spiritual man must believe in order to know. The faith that saves is not a conclusion drawn from evidence; it is a moral thing, a thing of the spirit, a supernatural infusion of confidence in Jesus Christ, a very gift of God.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer

“Forgiveness, cleansing, regeneration, the Holy Spirit, all answers to prayer, are given to faith and received by faith. There is no other way. This is common evangelical doctrine and is accepted wherever the cross of Christ is understood.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer

“Future historians will record that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer

“For myself, I long ago decided that I would rather know the truth than be happy in ignorance. If I cannot have both truth and happiness, give me truth. We'll have a long time to be happy in heaven.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer

“A local church can die. This happens when all the old saints in a given place fall asleep and no young saints arise to take their place. Sometimes under these circumstances the congregation ceases to be a church, or there is no congregation left and the doors of the chapel are nailed shut. But such a condition, however deplorable, should not discourage us. The true church is the repository of the life of God among men, and if in one place the frail vessels fail, that life will break out somewhere else. Of this we may be sure.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer

“Any nation which for an extended period puts pleasure before liberty is likely to lose the liberty it misused.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer

“The true church is the repository of the life of God among men, and if in one place the frail vessels fail, that life will break out somewhere else. Of this we may be sure.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Classic Works of A. W. Tozer