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Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.

—Thomas Aquinas

And from the time we are accepted through the Beloved, reconciled to God through His blood, He loves, and blesses, and watches over us for good, even as if we had never sinned.

—John Wesley

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

—Cicero

He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth

—Tozer

It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.

—Thomas Jefferson

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

—Aristotle

Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don’t believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.

—Arthur Schopenhauer

So let us praise Him now, though it may be from under the harrow, from the depths, from anywhere. We shall never have the chance again to love Him in the peace of a great contentment, with the word ringing in our ear, And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in Me.

—Amy Carmichael

“If you want to try your luck at speculation, put aside a portion—the smaller the better—of your capital in a separate fund for this purpose… Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account, nor in any part of your thinking.”

— Benjamin Graham

“Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.”

Warren Buffett

A soul doth never glorify or honour Christ upon a discovery or sense of the eternal redemption he hath purchased for him, but it is in him a peculiar effect of the Holy Ghost as our comforter.

—John Owen

“Though we are accustomed to hear the gospel often, it never loses its charm.”

Charles Spurgeon

He who listens to what others say about him will never be at peace.

—Leo Tolstoy

You must never stop on the path to self-perfection. As soon as you feel more interest in the external world than your soul, you’ve stopped.

—Leo Tolstoy

Morality of itself, dear Sir, will never carry us to heaven; no, Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life.

—George Whitefield

“A dusty Bible ought never to be in your house.”

— Charles Spurgeon

This world’s problems can never be solved by those who make this world the object of their desires.

—J. Gresham Machen

Never forget the good that people have done for you; tell others about it and try to repay them with good as well.

—Leo Tolstoy

While I continue in the body, I shall never be perfect. But O what room is there for growth in grace, what space for advancement.

—William Wilberforce

“We must stand by our Bible, never giving way.”

— Charles Spurgeon

If a person only thinks about himself and seeks his own benefit in everything, he’ll never be happy. If you want to live for yourself, live for others. Seneca

—Leo Tolstoy

“God will never bring to mind again the sin of that man who he has pardoned.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“We must never so evangelize the outside mass as to forget to fold and feed those within.”

– Charles Spurgeon

“Our sins are gone. He cast them into his own tomb, and they are buried there, never to have a resurrection.”

— Charles Spurgeon

“Preach Christ’s life as much as you will, but never apart from his death.

For it is by his blood that we are redeemed.”

— Charles Spurgeon

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

—Henry David Thoreau

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

—Franz Kafka

“Christ is your life; such a life as you never knew before, nor could have known apart from him.”

– Charles Spurgeon

Never put off a good deed if you can do it now, because death doesn’t take into account whether you’ve done what you should have or not.

—Leo Tolstoy

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.

—George Orwell