[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music.

In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.

Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.

How great, therefore, the wickedness of human nature is! How many girls there are who prevent conception and kill and expel tender fetuses, although procreation is the work of God.

In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.

Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you see the nails driven through his hands, be sure that you are pondering, and when the thorns pierce his brow, know that they are your evil thoughts.

If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.