“I would rather go to Heaven doubting all the way than be lost through self-confidence.”

— Charles Spurgeon, Sermon 2490, "The Danger of Carnal Security," 1896

About Charles Spurgeon

1834 – 1892

English Baptist preacher and compiler of "The Salt-Cellars".

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

“The practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it.”

“Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.”

“Occasionally I thought I glimpsed the truth, but soon found myself once again lost in a forest of ambiguities.”

“It was for this that I've been training myself, it was for this that I was practising.”

“For freedom is not acquired by satisfying yourself with what you desire, but by destroying your desire.”

“Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.”

“Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?"”

“A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all—that is myself.”