Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes utter excellent sayings, yet they have nothing but what is short-lived, and even mixed up with wicked and erroneous sentiments.

The blood of Christ is necessary to purge the faults clinging to our best works.

Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.

...nothing good can proceed from our will until it be formed again, and that after it is formed again in so far as it is good, it is of God, and not of us.

All our words ought to be filled with true sweetness and grace; and this will be so if we mingle the useful with the sweet.

It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.

Involvement in public life provides the opportunity to shape our manners in accordance with civil justice.