267 Quotes by John Owen

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless; it must be done by the Spirit.

Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.

The more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes.

The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

After hearing the evidence, I will record a verdict of natural causes.

A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.

I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.