“No one ought to expect to see much good resulting from his labors in word, and doctrine, if he is not much given to prayer and meditation.”
“As it is the sister of reading, so it is the mother of prayer. Though a man's heart be much indisposed to prayer, yet, if he can but fall into a meditation of God, and the things of God, his heart will soon come off to prayer....Begin with reading or hearing. Go on with meditation; end in prayer....Reading without meditation is unfruitful; meditation without reading is hurtful; to meditate and to read without prayer upon both, is without blessing.”
“A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.”
“A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.”
“To whom much is given, much is expected.”
“God has given me so much. He expects so much out of me.”