Chris Warns

“The brutes, which have only their bodies to conserve, are continually occupied in seeking sources of nourishment; but men, of whom the chief part is the mind, ought to make the search after wisdom their principal care, for wisdom is the true nourishment of the mind; and I feel assured, moreover, that there are very many who would not fail in the search, if they would but hope for success in it, and knew the degree of their capabilities for it.”
― René Descartes, Principles of Philosophy

“Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.”
― A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

“The greatest fear that any human being has by nature is to be held accountable by a God who is Holy. Because in the presence of the Holy we are immediately exposed of being unholy.”
― R.C. Sproul

“it was not my good frame of heart that made my righteousness better, nor yet my bad frame that made my righteousness worse; for my righteousness was Jesus Christ Himself, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever”
― John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners