To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.

In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.

Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father through the reconciliation made by Christ, and Christ as given to us for righteousness, sanctification, and life.

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that (they allege) I would like to kill again the man I have destroyed. Not only am I indifferent to their comments, but I rejoice in the fact that they spit in my face.

Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.

In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.