"To know and to do His will – this is our safety; this is our rest."

James Hudson Taylor Medicine See all quotes by James Hudson Taylor →

React to this quote

More by James Hudson Taylor

“I wish sometimes that I had twenty bodies, that at twenty places at once I might publish the saving name of Jesus.”

“We shall find that Separation to GOD is followed by Blessing from GOD; and that those who receive large blessing from Him, in turn render to Him acceptable Service; service in which GOD takes delight, and which He places in everlasting remembrance.”

“Not infrequently our GOD brings His people into difficulties on purpose that they may come to know Him as they could not otherwise do.”

“Brighton, 25 June 1965: “All at once came the thought – If you are simply obeying the LORD, all the responsibility will rest on Him, not on you! What a relief!! Well, I cried to God – You shall be responsible for them, and for me too!”

“China is not to be won for Christ by quiet ease-loving men and women.”

“He that sanctifieth and those who are sanctified, find their full satisfaction in , and in Him alone.”

Resonant Thoughts

"The aim of the process chart is to present information regarding existing and proposed processes in such simple form that such information can become available to and usable by the greatest possible n…"

— Frank Bunker Gilbreth

Technology1868–1924

#knowledge

"Your object is to see yourself exactly as you are. Self-knowledge is the discovery of the new: it looks beyond the world that has all the answers and no solutions."

— Barry Long

Education1926–2003

#knowledge

"Once the masterpiece has emerged, the lesser works surrounding it fall into place; and it then gives the impression of having been led up to and foreseeable, though actually it is inconceivable — or, …"

— André Malraux

Literature1901–1976

#knowledge

"In the industrial mode of development, the main source of productivity lies in the introduction of new energy sources, and in the ability to decentralize the use of energy throughout the production of…"

— Manuel Castells

urban sociology1942

#knowledge