A rich man has fifteen rooms for three people and he won’t let a poor man spend the night in his home and get warm.
A peasant has a fifteen-foot wide hut for seven people and he gladly takes in a stranger.
—Leo Tolstoy
‘God is love’. This is the sacred principle which warms and enlightens the heavenly world, that blessed seat of God’s visible presence.
—William Wilberforce
A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.
—Vincent Van Gogh
Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.
—Henry Ford
There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
—Vincent Van Gogh
“Warm-hearted saints keep each other warm, but cold is also contagious.”
Since the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Father He feels toward His people exactly as the Father feels. He will always act like Jesus, toward sinners in compassion, toward saints in warm affection, toward human suffering in tenderest pity and love.
—AW Tozer