Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.

The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.

Now the great thing is this: we are consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak, meditate, and do, nothing except to his glory. For a sacred thing may not be applied to profane uses without marked injury to him.

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.