A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.

The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our own; love gives us to our neighbor as his own.

Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I'll show you his god.

Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh. For when you have faith, there will be a hundred more evil thoughts and a hundred more temptations than before.

That little bird has chosen his shelter. Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of worlds. Yet he is rocking himself to sleep without caring for tomorrow's lodging, calmly clinging to his little twig, and leaving God to think for him.