The Greatest Thing in the World Quotes

“Love is greater than faith, because the end is greater than the means. What is the use of having faith? It is to connect the soul with God. And what is the object of connecting man with God? That he may become like God. But God is Love. Hence Faith, the means, is in order to Love, the end. Love, therefore, obviously is greater than faith. "If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”
― Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing In the World [Illustrated edition]

“is greater than the means. What is the use of having faith? It is to connect the soul with God. And what is the object of connecting man with God? That he may become like God. But God is Love. Hence Faith, the means, is in order to Love, the end. Love, therefore, obviously is greater than faith. "If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”
― Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing In the World [Illustrated edition]

“To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love for ever is to live for ever. Hence, eternal life is inextricably bound up with love We want to live for ever for the same reason that we want to live tomorrow. Why do you want to live tomorrow? It is because there is some one who loves you, and whom you want to see tomorrow, and be with, and love back. There is no other reason why we should live on than that we love and are beloved.”
― Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World

“If you love, you will unconsciously fulfill the whole law.”
― Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World, Experience the Enduring Power of Love

“The greatest thing," says some one, "a man can do for his Heavenly Father is to be kind to some of His other children.”
― Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing In the World [Illustrated edition]

“Patience "Love suffereth long." Kindness "And is kind." Generosity "Love envieth not." Humility "Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up." Courtesy "Doth not behave itself unseemly." Unselfishness "Seeketh not its own." Good temper "Is not provoked." Guilelessness "Taketh not account of evil." Sincerity "Rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth.”
― Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing In the World [Illustrated edition]