A man's needs are few. The simpler the life, therefore, the better. Indeed, only three things are truly necessary in order to make life happy: the blessing of God, the benefit of books, and the benevolence of friends. — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee! — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense. — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity. — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain this repose… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Infidelity gives nothing in return for what it takes away. What, then, is it worth? Everything valuable as a compensating power. Not a blade… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character. — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
I want to feel my own nothingness, I want to give myself up in absolute resignation to God, to lie prostrate and passive at… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Not till we come to a simple reliance on the blood and mediation of the Saviour, shall we know what it is either to… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
The sum and substance of the preparation needed for a coming eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
By the very constitution of our nature moral evil is its own curse. — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
It is in those times of hopeless chaos when the sovereign hand of God is most likely to be seen. — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
It is not scholarship alone, but scholarship impregnated with religion, that tells on the great mass of society. We have no faith in the… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Infidelity is one of those coinages,-a mass of base money that won't pass current with any heart that loves truly, or any head that… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
