Jon Delamarter > Jon's Quotes

“Let not man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts.”
― John Owen, The Mortification of Sin

“All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. The will never takes the least step but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves.”
― Blaise Pascal

“What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text.”
― Tom Carson