Originál: (en) Unbelief is the mother of vice; it is the parent of sin; and, therefore, I say it is a pestilent evil - a master sin.
Zdroj: [Spurgeon, Charles, The Sin of Unbelief: A Sermon (No. 3), delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 14, 1855, http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0003.htm, 11.2.2016, The Spurgeon Archive, angličtina]
„Závist je počátek zloby, matka smrti, první dcera hříchu, kořen všeho zla.“
Originál: (en) The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins.
Zdroj: [Spurgeon, Charles, The Commissariat of the Universe: A Sermon (No. 3149), published on Thursday, June 17, 1909, http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons55.xxv.html, 1.6.2005, 11.2.2016, Christian Classic Ethereal Liberary, angličtina]
Originál: (en) If you will not have death unto sin, you shall have sin unto death. There is no alternative. If you do not die to sin, you shall die for sin. If you do not slay sin, sin will slay you.
Zdroj: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series. S. 323.
„Vášeň není hřích, hříchem je chlad.“
„Láska je v hříchu rozpoutaná ctnost, teprve víra je vrcholem lásky.“
„Hrdinství bývá nakažlivé jako hřích a více než hřích.“
