I am much afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where the scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which means are not unceasingly occupied with the Word of God must be corrupt.

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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.

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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.

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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.

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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

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From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.

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