Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.

True it is, that he who has taken off his affection from the goods of this world has already sold all, and has made himself poor, so far as depends upon himself; but the fruit and the proof of this spiritual poverty are, patiently to endure the loss of worldly goods, and without any regret, when it pleases our heavenly Father that we should be despoiled of them.

I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in any Jew.

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

Let us fall before the majesty of our great God, acknowledging our faults, and praying that he will make us ever more conscious of them.

If we are given gold, would we not test it to determine it's value? If we doubted its genuineness - we would test it by fire...and so God with us.

Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?