Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace.

No animal admires another animal.

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.

Jesus Christ came to tell men that they have no enemies but themselves.

So we can only know God well by knowing our iniquities. Therefore those who have known God, without knowing their wretchedness, have not glorified Him, but have glorified themselves.

Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.