Explain the Scriptures by the Scriptures.

He changed sunset into sunrise.

The Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God.

There is one river of Truth which receives tributaries from every side.

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?

Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others.

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.