For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness shall be your righteousness; my innocence, your innocence. Your sins indeed are great, but by baptism I bestow on you my righteousness; I strip death from you and clothe you with my life.

If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.

The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes.

Riches are the pettiest and least worthy gifts which God can give a man. What are they to God's Word, to bodily gifts, such as beauty and health; or to the gifts of the mind, such as understanding, skill, wisdom! Yet men toil for them day and night, and take no rest. Therefore God commonly gives riches to foolish people to whom he gives nothing else.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

Religion is not 'doctrinal knowledge,' but wisdom born of personal experience.

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.