The name of the slough was Despond. - 'Pilgrim's Progress
Then I saw that there was a way to Hell, even from the gates of heaven.
There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
They are for religion when in rags and contempt, but I am for him when he walks in his golden slippers in the sunshine and with applause.
They came to the Delectable Mountains.
What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle
When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.
Who so beset him round / With dismal stories, / Do but themselves confound; / His strength the more is.
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed
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