Oh, what manner of love, that we, who were like others by nature, should be thus distinguished by grace!
—John Newton
A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy.
—Jeremiah Burroughs
Here we see the infinite love of God, that He has been pleased to think of us poor creatures from everlasting, and make it His work to reconcile us to Himself.
—Jeremiah Burroughs
In whom there is no love for the native country,
Those hearts are poor cripples.
—Taras Shevchenko
Grace enables men to see love in the very frown of God’s face, and so come to receive contentment.
—Jeremiah Burroughs
Despite my sincere love for the beautiful in art and in nature, I feel an irresistible antipathy to philosophies and aesthetics.
—Taras Shevchenko