Jonathan Edwards

"The will cannot be forced into genuine obedience."

"We should practice grateful hearts for all God's provision."

"True love for neighbor flows from love of God."

"The great business of life is not to know God but to glorify and enjoy Him forever."

"True religion consists in holy affections."

"Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as poverty of spirit."

"God is infinitely holy and pure, and we are infinitely sinful and corrupt."

"The Christian life is not a life of ease and comfort, but of sacrifice and self-denial."

"Beauty is a shadow of God's perfection reflected in creation."

"The greatest sign of the work of God in the heart is love."

"All true saints love holiness, not for any external reward, but for its own sake."

"God's grace is the most powerful force in the universe."

"Intellectual knowledge of God without affection is mere dead orthodoxy."

"The heart must be engaged before the mind can truly understand divine things."

"True virtue arises from love to God and man."

"Our natural condition is one of total depravity without divine grace."

"The pursuit of worldly happiness is the great delusion of mankind."

"God's sovereignty and human freedom work together in perfect harmony."

"The sweetest experience of faith comes through personal communion with God."

"Education without piety is dangerous to both soul and society."

"The will is not truly free unless it chooses according to its greatest inclination."

"God's decrees are eternal and unchanging."

"True repentance involves a complete change of mind and heart."

"The fear of God is the beginning of all true wisdom."

"Self-love is the root of all sin and misery."

"The visible church contains both true and false converts."

"Holiness is the most excellent of all divine attributes."

"Spiritual experience must be tested by Scripture and fruit."

"The conscience is a gift from God to guide us toward righteousness."

"True religion produces visible change in conduct and character."