He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating an image of them here on earth]. Nor is there at all any composite thing or creature endowed with sensation [made by God here on earth] like those in heaven. But the face is a symbol of the rational soul, the wings are the lofty ministers and energies of powers right and left, and the voice is delightful glory in endless contemplation.

If you enroll as one of God's people, then heaven is your country and God your lawgiver.

When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.

Above all Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings.

If the Lord counts the natural beauty of the body inferior to that of the soul, what thinks He of spurious beauty, rejecting utterly as He does all falsehood?

It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.

Every woman should be filled with shame by the thought that she is a woman.