How we cite our quotes: Paragraph (P#) or Line (Line #)
Quote #7
"Seeing then that God prefers his Religion, seeing God prefers a tender Conscience, seeing they that make themselves Fools for the Kingdom of Heaven are wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him; Shame depart, thou art an enemy to my Salvation: shall I entertain thee against my Sovereign Lord? How then shall I look him in the face at his coming? Should I now be ashamed of his ways and Servants, how can I expect the blessing?" (P397)
"God prefers a tender Conscience." Lines like this might recall Christian's early conversation with Worldly-Wiseman. Tenderness, which Shame and Worldly-Wiseman think is simply "unmanly" (weak, spineless, lily-livered—substitute any adjective you like), is what allows a believer to be sensitive and accessible to God's will. So, in a way, Christian is really turning the tables on Shame, here: being ashamed of one's humility now, and of one's humble friends, will only make one feel greater shame at judgment day, when actually faced with Christ.
Quote #8
When Christian saw that the man was wise in his own conceit, he said to Hopeful whisperingly, There is more hopes of a fool than of him. And said moreover, When he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. (P662)
"Wise in his own conceit": this phrase summarizes the problem of Ignorance perfectly—at least as Bunyan represents it. Ignorance is so without humility that he knows more than everybody else, even God.
Quote #9
Then said the Pilgrims one to another, We had need to cry to the Strong for strength. (P648)
The sights that the shepherds show the pilgrims from the Delectable Mountains have a profound effect on them. Above all, they realize how easy it still could be for them to fail on their journey, particularly from the example of others who made it even farther than the mountains on their pilgrimages and still ended up in Hell by the passage the shepherds show them. This quote emphasizes their understanding of the need to seek strength and guidance from outside of themselves.