God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously... Do not for a moment imagine that this life is the abiding place of justice; sin must be committed.

...Hope endures and overcomes misfortune and evil.

The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes for himself.

We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.

Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.