Quotes from John Bunyan

So I awoke, and behold it was a dream.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me, that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.

Every fat [vat] must stand upon his bottom.

Who would true valor see,Let him come hither;One here will constant be,Come wind, come weather.There's no discouragementShall make him once relentHis first avow'd intentTo be a pilgrim.

He that is down, needs fear no fall,He that is low, no pride.

The name of the slough was Despond.

A foul Fiend coming over the field to meet him; his name is Apollyon.

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.

So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

A very stately palace before him, the name of which was Beautiful.

What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.

It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 'tis kept is lighter than vanity.

A great horror and darkness fell upon Christian.

As I walked through the wilderness of this world.

I will talk of things heavenly, or things earthly; things moral, or things evangelical; things sacred, or things profane; things past, or things to come; things foreign, or things at home; things more essential, or things circumstantial.

My great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way, and rowing another.

The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable.

Some said, "John, print it"; others said, "Not so."Some said, "It might do good"; others said, "No."

They came to the Delectable Mountains.

I saw a man clothed with rags… a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

The gentleman's name was Mr. Worldly-Wise-Man.

The valley of Humiliation.

Faithful: What! why he (Shame) objected against religion itself; he said it was a pitiful, low, sneaking business for a man to mind religion; he said that a tender conscious was an unmanly thing; and that for a man to watch over his words and ways, so as to tie himself up from that hectoring liberty that the brave spirits of the times accustom themselves unto, would make him the ridicule of the times."