Quotes by Jonathan Edwards

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

“God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean.”