- By beholding we become changed. 2T479
- It would be well to give thought and careful study to whatever it’s to be immortalized in print. 5T516.
- Beware of deifying reason SC109
- Erecting buildings, scientific is God’s service. MLT117
- The Lord will not speak to a mind that is unconcerned. AR 08/22/1907
- the mind [must] attain due proportions. CE 2
- Let not your study of the Scriptures be of a cheap or casual order. VSS169
- The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. 5T24
- There are no influences so potent as those which surround us in our early years. FCE57
- God requires the training of the mental faculties. … And He is displeased with those who are too careless or too indolent to become efficient, well-informed workers. … The Lord desires us to obtain all the education possible. COL333.
- Knowledge is power only when united with true piety. Instr.Educ. p.1
- Every day you should learn something new from the Scriptures. ML22
- There is no social position, no phase of human experience, for which the study of the Bible is not an essential preparation. {SpTEd 53.4}
- God never sends His Spirit to sanction ignorance. Gospel Workers, pp. 105, 106.
- but those who, with the same spirit of consecration, have had the benefit of a thorough education, can do a much more extensive work for Christ. They stand on vantage ground. COL333.
- Its great system of truth is not so presented as to be discerned by the careless or hasty reader. ST 09/19/1906
- He who waits for entire knowledge before he will exercise faith cannot receive blessing from God. DA347
- By beholding we become changed. 2T479
- It is in proportion to our own devotion and consecration to Christ that we exert an influence for the blessing and uplifting of mankind. COL37
- The unbelief that demands perfect knowledge will never yield to the evidence that God is pleased to give. He requires of His people faith that rests upon the weight of evidence, not upon perfect knowledge. 2MCP 535
- Happy is the man who has discovered for himself that the word of God is a light to his feet and lamp to his path a light shining in a dark place. It’s heaven’s directory for men. MLT 27
- Sickness of the mind prevails everywhere. Nine-tenths of the diseases from which men suffer have their foundation here. 5T444
- With a certain class of minds there is danger of systematizing away the Spirit of God and the vitality of the religion of Christ, and preserving an exact round of wearisome duties and ceremonies. 2T673
- … we stand by the old landmarks. 1SM162
Longer Aphorisms
- Every soul is to obtain an education with the object in view of imparting his knowledge to others. The powers of the mind are God’s gift, and we are to use them to benefit and bless the members of the human family. As the mind is enlarged by true knowledge, the heart will be softened and subdued into humility, kindness, and true love. We are to gather all the knowledge possible for the purpose of communicating the same that it may become the property of others. – 11MR,157
- As an educating power the Bible is without a rival. Nothing will so impart vigor to all the faculties as requiring students to grasp the stupendous truths of revelation. The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. If occupied with commonplace matters only, to the exclusion of grand and lofty themes, it will become dwarfed and enfeebled. If never required to grapple with difficult problems, or put to the stretch to comprehend important truths, it will, after a time, almost lose the power of growth. 5T24
- It is the privilege of everyone to say, I will carry out my Captain’s orders to the very letter, feeling or no feeling. I will not wait for a happy sensation, for a mysterious impulse. I will say, What are my orders? What is the line of my duty? What says the Master to me? Is the line of communication open between God-and my soul? What is my position before God?’ Just as soon as we come into right relations to God, we shall understand our duty and do it; and we shall not think the good things we do entitle us to salvation. RH 3/3/1889
- There can be no growth or fruitfulness in the life that is centered in self. If you have accepted Christ as a personal Saviour, you are to forget yourself, and try to help others. Talk of the love of Christ, tell of His goodness. Do every duty that presents itself. Carry the burden of souls upon your heart, and by every means in your power seek to save the lost. COL67