I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

The truth is mightier than eloquence, the Spirit greater than genius, faith more than education.

God created Adam master and lord of living creatures, but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's will. 'Tis you women, with your tricks and artifices, that lead men into error.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

Those who lapse from the Gospel to the Law are no better off than those who lapse from grace to idolatry.

If the peasants are in open rebellion, then they are outside the law of God. Therefore let all who are able slash, strike down, and kill (those who rebel) openly and secretly, remembering that there can be nothing more venomous, harmful, or devilish than a rebel. It is exactly like killing a mad dog.

What shall we do with...the Jews?...I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings...are to be taken from them.