The defects of a preacher are soon spied.

What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our own neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs it not.

Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.

Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.