It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.

God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity.

The quest for glory can never be satisfied, it must be extinguished.

I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.