Thomas Chalmers

“In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.”

“With the magnificence of eternity before us, let us not be directing our eyes to the objects of time.”

“Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not.”

“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

“Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.”

“The love of God is a grand secret.”

“Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity.”

“The Bible is a book of facts, as well as a book of doctrines.”

“The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.”

“A man of cultivated mind can, in his rambles through the scenery of nature, find an exquisite gratification.”

“It is not the multitude of hard duties... which are the difficulties of a Christian's course. It is the inconstancy of his own heart.”

“The law of God is not a burdensome command, but a gracious promise.”

“Anxieties are a proof of our limited knowledge of God's goodness.”

“Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”