Books Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Of course, apologies are rarely acceptable to true believers - or to anyone who believes in *pure* good, or in pure evil.”

— John Irving

“One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.”

— Deitrich Bonhoeffer

“Accordingly, I believe that preaching forgiveness is not only hypocritical and futile but also actively dangerous. It masks the compulsion to repeat.”

— Alice Miller

“Reader, I think proper, before we proceed any further together, to acquaint thee that I intend to digress, through this whole history, as often…

— Henry Fielding

“He covered page after page with wild words of sorrow and wilder words of pain. There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame…

— Oscar Wilde

“These sermons of Jesus Christ are meant for your will and your conscience, not for your head. If you dispute these verses from the…

— Oswald Chambers

We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said,” Say nothing…

— Spencer W. Kimball

And now I send these pages forth, not knowing what shall befall them, but with the earnest prayer that they may be blessed to…

— Frederic Farrar

“At the least, bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully. And although thou be very unwilling to hear it, and feel indignation, yet check…

— Thomas à Kempis

“So please forgive my self-loathing. Help me to praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that…

— Beth Moore

Of all sorts of flattery, that which comes from a solemn character and stands before a sermon is the worst-complexioned. Such commendation is a…

— Jeremy Collier

“Get ready for some more mind-numbing detail that doesn’t make for snappy, easy-to-digest sermons.”

— Ken Wilson