When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.

Quote by E Stanley Jones

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Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God,...

Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God,...

Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so...

Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so...

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions...

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions...

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor...

In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor...

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the...

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the...

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic...

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic...

The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living...

The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living...

You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You...

You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You...

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within....

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within....

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us....

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us....

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to...

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to...

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better...

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better...

Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first,...

Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first,...

If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then...

If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then...

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be...

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be...