He who knows himself knows god.

If God rewarded the righteous immediately, we would soon be engaged in business, not godliness...we would be pursuing not piety,but profit.

I think that one must approach the Logos Savior, not induced by the fear of punishment and not in the expectation of some kind of a reward, but primarily for the sake of the good in itself. Such will stand on the right in the sanctuary.

Explain the Scriptures by the Scriptures.

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?

The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.

But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images and pictures.