Unless we endeavor to do good to our neighbor, through our cruelty we transgress this law

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into himself.

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.

To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.

Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.

Those little children have not yet any understanding to desire His blessing; but when they are presented to Him, He gently and kindly receives them, and dedicates them to the Father by a solemn act of blessing.