If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith.

The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart

All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would spring up and bring forth the ear; how much more we are helped on by hope in the eternal life.

What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our own neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs it not.

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

Without images we can neither think nor understand anything.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.