It came from God, and so is Christ true, and Christ is thy God, who is in heaven and awaits thee.

God is the best helper, but He loves to be helped. Be earnest in prayer, but do not neglect human means. You must help yourself in all manner of ways, and then the Lord will be with you.

Don't be ashamed to learn from others.

Some have narrowed their minds, and so fettered them with the chains of antiquity that not only do they refuse to speak save as the ancients spake, but they refuse to think save as the ancients thought. God speaks to us, too, and the best thoughts are those now being vouchsafed to us. We will excel the ancients!

I am the hailstorm that shall break the heads of those who do not take shelter.

It came from God, and so is Christ true, and Christ is thy God, who is in heaven and awaits thee.

The only good thing that we owe to Plato and Aristotle is that they brought forward many arguments which we can use against the heretics. Yet they and other philosophers are now in hell.