"To seek yourself in this world is to……" — John Bunyan
"To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted."
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John Bunyan
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161 Quotes by John Bunyan
John Bunyan has 161 quotes on this site.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper…
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There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were…
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance…
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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side…
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Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not…
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It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart…
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We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray,…
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it…
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I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek…
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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst…
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The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing…
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In such sad circumstances I but see myself exalted by my own enemies, for in order to defeat some small…
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from…
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When love is accompanied with deep intimacy, it raises us to the highest level of human experience. In this exalted…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Joy is love exalted; peace is love in response; long-suffering is love enduring; gentleness is love in society; goodness is…
— Dwight L. Moody
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Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit…
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The black masses want not to be shrunk from as though they are plague-ridden. They want not to be walled…
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From the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely,…
— Charles Darwin
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For every force charged by God, may He be exalted, with some business is an angel put in charge...
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It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.
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