The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living.

It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.

The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us.

Let this point therefore stand: that those whom the Holy Spirit has inwardly taught truly rest upon Scripture, and that Scripture itself is self-authenticated. . . . Therefore, illumined by his power, we believe neither by our own nor by any one else's judgment that Scripture is from God; but above human judgment we affirm with utter certainty (just as if we were gazing upon the majesty of God himself) that it has flowed to us from the very mouth of God by the ministry of men.

The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust.

The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.