The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

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

There is no inconsistency in saying that God rewards good works, provided we understand that nevertheless men obtain eternal life gratuitously.

The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith.

We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image which, covering and obliterating their faults, an image which, by its beauty and dignity, should allure us to love and embrace them.

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.