"Temptation cannot be sin; and the truth is, it is no more a sin to hear whispers and suggestions of evil in our souls than it is for us to hear the wicked-talk of bad men as we pass along the street. The sin comes, in either case, only by our stopping and joining in with them." --Hannah Whitall Smith (An author who wrote several Christian books in the late 1800's, I think.)

"Don't read bad books. Even supposing these bad books are very well written from a literary point of view, let me ask you this: would you drink something you knew was poisoned just because it was offered to you in a golden cup?" --St. John Bosco

"The reading of bad books fills the imagination with bad thoughts. Through the mind the poison passes, and there begets ruin and death." --St. John Baptist de la Sale

"One bad book is capable of corrupting a multitude of people. Should such a book come into your hands, do not look into it, lest you be tempted to read it." --St. John Baptist de la Sale

"Alas, how many hearts have been poisoned by obscene literature. Do not permit anything of this kind to be brought into your home." --St. John Vianney

"Cultivate your own minds and morals; real merit will elevate you." --Maria Stewart

"Talk without effort is nothing." --Maria Stewart

"A God of infinite purity will not regard the prayers of those who hold religion in one hand and prejudice, sin, and pollution in the other." --Maria Stewart

"The frowns of the world shall never discourage me, nor its smiles flatter me; for with the help of God, I am resolved to withstand the fiery darts of the devil, and the assaults of wicked men." --Maria Stewart

Maria Stewart was a run away slave. These statements were written in 1837.

"The worst part is not in making a mistake, but in trying to justify it." --Santiago Ramon y Cajal

"I don't want everyone to like me. I should think less of myself if some people did." --Henry James

"Refusing to have an opinion is a way of having one." --Luigi Pirandello

"There is a great difference between nominal Christianity and real Christianity." --Charles Spurgeon

"Perseverance in the path of faith and holiness is a necessity of the Christian, for only 'he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.'" --Charles Spurgeon

"We detest the doctrine that a man who has once believed in Jesus will be saved even if he altogether forsook the path of obedience." --Charles Spurgeon

"A man, if he be a believer in Christ, will not live after the will of the flesh." --Charles Spurgeon

"What we mean by salvation is this -- deliverance from the love of sin, rescue from the habit of sin, setting free from the desire to sin." --Charles Spurgeon