I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity.

There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason...Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed.

I myself saw and touched at Dessay, a child of this sort, which had no human parents, but had proceeded from the Devil. He was twelve years old, and, in outward form, exactly resembled ordinary children.

If the peasants are in open rebellion, then they are outside the law of God. Therefore let all who are able slash, strike down, and kill (those who rebel) openly and secretly, remembering that there can be nothing more venomous, harmful, or devilish than a rebel. It is exactly like killing a mad dog.

The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that he sunk himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding.