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

When we see that the whole sum of our salvation, and every single part of it, are comprehended in Christ, we must beware of deriving even the minutest portion of it from any other quarter.

God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.

We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life.

Prayers will never reach God unless they are founded on free mercy.

The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer.

It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect