Section 6—Selfishness and Self-Respect . Chapter 28—Self-respect . Developing Self-respect—If we wish to do good to souls, our success with these souls will be in proportion to their belief in our belief in, and appreciation of, them. Respect shown to the struggling human soul is the sure means through Christ Jesus of the restoration of the self-respect the man has lost. Our advancing ideas of what he may become are a help we cannot ourselves fully appreciate.— Letter 50, 1893. (Fundamentals of Christian Education, 280.) {1MCP 255.1}

Guds kærlighed er progressiv. - Efterhånden som evighedens år henrinder, bringer de endnu rigere og herligere åbenbaringer om Gud og Kristus. Med tiden vokser også kærligheden, ærbødigheden og lykken. Jo mere menneskene lærer om Gud, des større bliver deres beundring for hans karakter. - Dss 597 (1911).