If a man is full of the Holy Spirit, then there is no room for the world, there is no room for self.
—D. L. Moody
“Let us believe great things from the work of Christ by his Spirit in the midst of his people’s hearts, and we shall not be disappointed.”
Regeneration expresses those supernatural, divine, new qualities, infused by the Spirit into the soul, which are the principles of all holy actions.
—John Flavel
“Dwell with us, Lord, as a church and people: by thy Holy Spirit reside with us and in us, and never depart from us, and then no root of bitterness shall spring up to trouble us.”
– Charles Spurgeon
History in general is therefore the development of Spirit in Time, as Nature is the development of the Idea is Space.
—Georg Hegel
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
—Leonardo Da Vinci
“Depend upon it, happiness lives next door to the spirit of complete acquiescence in the will of God, and it will be easy to exercise that perfect acquiescence when we suppose the Lord Jesus to be the gardener.”
– Charles Spurgeon
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
—Plato
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.
—Charles Dickens
Be deeply sensible of your own weaknesses, follies, and imperfections; as well as of the sin remaining in your heart, and cleaving to all your words and actions. And let this spirit appear in all you speak or do: Be clothed with humility.
—John Wesley
And if your love of God is in any wise decayed, so is also your love of your neighbour. You are then hurt in the very life and spirit of your religion! If you lose love, you lose all.
—John Wesley
Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger. Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.
—Amy Carmichael
Even in the midst of various temptations, those that are enabled in patience to possess their souls, can witness, not only quietness of spirit, but triumph and exultation.
—John Wesley
Whosoever thou art, to whom God hath given to be poor in spirit, to feel thyself lost, thou hast a right thereto, through the gracious promise of Him who cannot lie. It is purchased for thee by the blood of the Lamb.
—John Wesley
O may I grow in the fear and love of God and Christ and may I be an habitation of God through the Spirit, 1 Cor 6:1.
—William Wilberforce
I would humbly resolve, through the Spirit, to live by faith and to go on diligently, devoutly, humbly, endeavouring to glorify God and benefit my fellow creatures.
—William Wilberforce
O may God through Christ and by the Spirit enable me now to live in faith and by love.
—William Wilberforce
Fundamentalism has on its own part fallen into error, the error of textualism, which is simply orthodoxy without the Holy Spirit. Everywhere among conservatives we find persons who are Bible-taught but not Spirit-taught.
—AW Tozer
The man who is willing to settle for barren life will never experience the joy of the Holy Spirit or the deep satisfaction of fruitful living
—AW Tozer
Remember that you’re not standing still, but passing through, that you’re not in a house but on a train that’s taking you toward death. Remember that your body is just passing through and lives for a short time and that only the spirit within you truly lives.
—Leo Tolstoy
I believe that a mighty resurgence of the Spirit’s power among us will open again wells of hymnody long forgotten. For song can never bring the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit does invariably bring song.
—AW Tozer
The Holy Spirit whispers faithfully, reminding us of the Christ of God … walking in flesh, God Almighty come to live among us & to save
—AW Tozer
It is time for us to seek again the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Man’s lordship has cost us too much.
—AW Tozer
Of this we may be certain: We cannot continue to ignore God’s will as expressed in the Scriptures & expect to secure the aid of God’s Spirit.
—AW Tozer
The Spirit always flashes the beauty of Christ upon the wondering heart, and the awed spirit receives it with a minimum of interference.
—AW Tozer
The Church lives in a hostile world. The power of the Holy Spirit is, therefore, not optional but necessary. Without it the children of God simply cannot live the life of heaven on earth.
—AW Tozer
We dare not conclude that because we learn about the Spirit we for that reason actually know Him. Knowing Him comes only by a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit Himself.
—AW Tozer
The teaching of the New Testament is that God and spiritual things can be known finally only by a direct work of God within the soul. The true understanding of God must be by personal spiritual awareness. The Holy Spirit is indispensable.
—AW Tozer
We can best repent our neglect of the Holy Spirit by neglecting Him no more. Let us begin to think of Him as One to be worshiped & obeyed. Let us throw open every door & invite Him in. Let us surrender to Him every room in the temple of our hearts & insist that He enter
—AW Tozer
He has made available to us the infinite moral power of His Holy Spirit to enable us to do His will here on earth.
—AW Tozer