All this grows bitter that was once so sweet, And many mouths must drain the dregs of it. But none will pity me, nor pity him Whom Love so lashed, and with such cruel thongs.

He who hasn't tasted bitter things hasn't earned sweet things.

Sweetness of life depends to its bitterness.

I shall but love thee bitter after death

Jesus died for our sins, not our sexuality.

The heart that sins must sorrow.

No matter how frequently you visit the realm of dreams, you will inevitably confront the unvarnished truth. However, our truth is so much bitter that not even the entirety of the world's sugar can sweeten it.

The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin.

The kiss of the apostate was the most bitter earthly ingredient in the agonies which Christ endured.

You can't make a man a Christian unless you first make him believe he is a sinner.

Indolence is sweet, and its consequence bitter.

There is nothing that can hurt the soul but sin; it is not affliction that hurts it, it often makes it better, as the furnace makes gold the purer; but it is sin that damnifies.

nothing is so displeasing to God as an impenitent heart. Impenitence is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness.

My soul, never laugh at sin's fooleries, lest thou come to smile at sin itself. It is thine enemy, and thy Lord's enemy.