Startling Questions by J.C. Ryle

Do something, by God's help, to make heaven more full and hell more empty.

Hell itself is truth known too late.

When I speak of a man "growing in grace," I mean simply this — that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, his spiritual-mindedness more marked.

Our Lord has many weak children in His family, many dull pupils in His school, many raw soldiers in His army, and many lame sheep in His flock. Yet He bears with them all, and casts none away.

There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven — the crucified Son of God.

Ignorance of Scripture is the root of every error in religion, and the source of every heresy.