Perverting Power of Selfishness . Selfishness mars all that unconsecrated workers do. They have need to pray always, but they do not. They need to watch unto prayer. They have need to feel the sacredness of the work, but they do not feel this. They handle sacred things as they do common things. Spiritual things are spiritually discerned, and until they can drink of the water of life, and Christ be in them as a well of water springing up unto everlasting life, they will refresh no one, bless no one; and except they repent, their candlestick will be removed out of its place. There is need of enduring patience, of invincible charity, of omnipotent faith in the work of saving souls. Self must not be prominent. Wisdom from Christ must be exercised in dealing with human minds. {TM 168.1}

Selviskhedens trodsige kraft
Selviskhed styrer alt det uindviede arbejdere udretter. De har ikke brug for at bede hele tiden, men de gør det slet ikke. De behøver at bede. De behøver at mærke arbejdets hellighed, men de føler ikke dette. De arbejder med indviede ting som de går med almindelige ting. Åndelige ting er åndeligt erkendte, og indtil de kan drikke af livets vand, og Kristus kan være i dem som en vandkilde der springer op til evigt liv, vil de ikke forny nogen, velsigne nogen; med mindre de omvender sig, og deres lysestage vil blive fjernet fra dens sted. Der er et behov for varig tålmodighed og for uovervindelig overbærenhed, for almægtig tro i arbejdet for at frelse sjæle. Selvet må ikke blive iøjnefaldende. Visdom fra Kristus må blive udvist i omgangen med menneskesindene.