Richard Lovelace Quotes & Sayings

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. — Richard Lovelace

If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. — Richard Lovelace

I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honour more. — Richard Lovelace

The goal of revival is conformity to the image of Christ, not imitation of animals. — Richard Lovelace

Forbear, thou great good husband, little ant. — Richard Lovelace

Revival is an infusion of new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit to existing parts of Christ's body. — Richard Lovelace

The asp doth on his feeder feed. — Richard Lovelace

Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. — Richard Lovelace

If our hearts and minds are not properly transformed, we are like musicians playing untuned instruments, or engineers working with broken and ill-programmed computers. The attunement of the heart is essential to the outflow of grace ... We must aim at building the structures of God's kingdom but recognized that we will only create these through the transformation of our experience. Concentration on reformation without revival leads to skins without wine; concentration on revival without reformation soon loses the wine for want of skins. — Richard Lovelace

It is my assumption that growth in faith is the root of all spiritual growth and is prior to all disciplines of works. True spirituality is not a superhuman religiosity; it is simply true humanity released from bondage to sin and renewed by the Holy Spirit. This is given to us as we grasp by faith the full content of Christ's redemptive work: freedom from the guilt and power of sin, and newness of life through the indwelling and outpouring of his Spirit. — Richard Lovelace

As pain tells us of the need for healing, worry tells us of the need for prayer. — Richard Lovelace

Those glories come too late That on our ashes wait. — Richard Lovelace