208 Quotes by Watchman Nee

Do we not realize that the basic condition for a spiritual walk is to fear our self and its wisdom and to rely absolutely upon the Spirit?

If we verily bear the cross we shall be neither controlled nor influenced by soulical affection but shall be fit to love in the power of the Holy Spirit. Even so did the Lord Jesus love His family while on earth.

A spiritual Christian should welcome any burden which the Lord brings his way.

When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing!

They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God’s mind, and on waiting for the power from above.

The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.

We must be brought to a place where, naturally gifted though we may be, we dare not speak except in conscious and continual dependence on Him.

It is highly dangerous to receive the truths of the Bible with human wisdom, for this is a hidden and subtle method which invariably causes a believer to perfect with his flesh the work of the Holy Spirit.

True spiritual life depends not on probing our feelings and thoughts from dawn to dusk but on ‘looking off’ to the Savior!