It is not scholarship alone, but scholarship impregnated with religion, that tells on the great mass of society. We have no faith in the efficacy of mechanic's institutes, or even of primary and elementary schools, for building up a virtuous… — 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
