About William Gurnall: William Gurnall was an English author and clergyman born at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.
Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.
The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.
Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.
Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest.
Too many read a chapter or two in the Bible, then for lack of interest put it down for weeks at a time and never look at it. Bernard compares the study of the Word and the mere reading of it to the difference between a close friendship and a casual a...
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.
Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but they return with the richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.
In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.
