Do not glance at it casually, or put it away as an unpleasant thought, or a consideration involving too much trouble--struggle with it bravely till you resolve it, and whatever the answer may be, ABIDE BY IT.

If it leads you to deny God and the immortal destinies of your own souls, and you find hereafter, when it is too late, that both God and immortality exist, you have only yourselves to blame.

We are the arbiters of our own fate, and that fact is the most important one of our lives.

Our WILL is positively unfettered; it is a rudder put freely into our hands, and with it we can steer WHEREVER WE CHOOSE.

God will not COMPEL our love or obedience.