We need not invite the Devil to our table; he is too ready to come without being asked. The air all about us is filled with demons.

No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.

I do not admit that my doctrine can be judged by anyone.

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

Christian living does not mean to be good but to become good; not to be well, but to get well; not being but becoming; nor rest but training. We are not yet, but we shall be. It has not yet happened, but it is the way. Not everything shines and sparkles as yet, but everything is getting better.

True faith will no more fail to produce [good works] than the sun can cease to give light.

What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross?