By the help of the water of new birth, the stain of former years had been washed away, and a light from above, serene and pure, had been infused into my reconciled heart, — after that, by the agency of the Spirit breathed from heaven, a second birth had restored me to a new man.

If a murder is committed privately it is considered a crime. But if it happens with the authority of the state, they call it courage.

No one is strong in his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God.

The spouse of Christ cannot be defiled; she is uncorrupted and chaste.

The Lord withdraws when He is denied, and what is taken by the undeserving does not avail them unto salvation, since the saving grace is turned into ashes and holiness departs.

Murder, considered a crime when people commit it singly, is transformed into a virtue when they do it en masse.

He [Christ] protects their faith and gives strength to believers in proportion to the trust that each man who receives that strength is willing to place in him.