Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord Jesus Christ beheld o…

- Johann Arndt

Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when he dies, if he be not clothed wit…

- Johann Arndt

But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without,…

- Johann Arndt

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not …

- Johann Arndt

Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, h…

- Johann Arndt

Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless …

- Johann Arndt

For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.

- Johann Arndt

This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with g…

- Johann Arndt

In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin an…

- Johann Arndt