The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you. – John Owen

Great people aren’t so great. Their own greatness is not the salient fact about them. It’s the kind of fortunate mix of opportunities they’ve been given. – Malcolm Galdwell

The Psalms are an “anatomy of all parts of the soul. For not an affection will anyone find in himself whose image is not reflected in this mirror. All the griefs, sorrows, fears, misgivings, hopes, cares, anxieties, in short all the disquieting emotions with which the minds of men are wont to be agitated, the Holy Spirit hath here pictured exactly.” - Calvin

True fear comes from faith; false fear come from doubt. True fear is joined to hope because it is born of faith and because men hope in the God in whom they believe. False fear is born of despair because men fear the God in whom they have no belief. – Blaise Pascal, Pensees

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. – Macbeth

“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver. “Don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” – C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The cooperation of God’s people on the walls is one of the Old Testament’s finest pictures of its ideal brotherhood. – J. Gordon McConville

My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the Lord’s sight of it which secures my safety. – C.H. Spurgeon

The notice of God’s good hand at work on behalf of His people calls attention to His goodness and His willingness to grant the desires of His people. Yet as their history shows, Yahweh is righteous; therefore, He will not tolerate sin. –Philip Brown