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

God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing

Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.

Christian life consists of faith and charity

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it

It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience.

Godly people are waiting for the Lord; therefore they live, therefore they are saved, therefore they receive what has been promised.