Quotable

"God is so far from being pleased either with those who are ambitious of popular praise, or with hearts full of pride and presumption, that he plainly tells 'they have their reward' in this world, and that (repentant) harlots and publicans are nearer to the kingdom of heaven than such persons.  

There is no end and no limit to the obstacles of the man who wants to pursue what is right and at the same time shrinks back from self-denial. It is an ancient and true observation that there is a world of vices hidden in the soul of man, but Christian self-denial is the remedy for them all. There is deliverance in store only for the man who gives up his selfishness, and whose sole aim is to please the Lord and to do what is right in his sight." ~ John Calvin