As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars.

That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.

If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself.

Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.

Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.

Christians are rare people on earth.

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.