Samuel Willard quotes

God has many ways that He might use to achieve His ends, but His wisdom determined the best way to accomplish them.
-- Samuel Willard

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That man is out of reach of harm in this life, who is sure of possessing heaven in the next. This is the portion of every believer.
-- Samuel Willard

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Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.

It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to teach ahimsa, nonviolence, being compassionate on the animals and human beings. In the Christian religion also, it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill'. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. In no religion the unnecessary killing of animals is allowed. But nobody is caring. The killing process is increasing, and so are the reactions. Every ten years you will find a war. These are the reactions.

A Christian home! What a power it is to the child when he is far away in the cold, tempting world, and voices of sin are filling his ears, and his feet stand on slippery places.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

Life actors never rehearse and need no script. A life actor uses only what is available, nothing more, nothing less.

You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.

We are caught up in a paradox, one which might be called the paradox of conceptualization. The proper concepts are needed to formulate a good theory, but we need a good theory to arrive at the proper concepts.

Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? ...a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate?

I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me.

But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the nature which sinned he might make the expiation required.