Teaching is of more importance than urging.

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.

A man cannot do good before he is made good.

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?

In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

Oh, what thoughts man might have had about the fact that God is in all creatures, and so might have reflected on the power and the wisdom of God in even the smallest flowers!

When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.