Let whatsoever will or can befall me, I will surely cleave by my sweet Savior Christ Jesus, for in Him am I baptized; I can neither do nor know anything but only what He has taught me.

from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence.

A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.

I have so much to do today that I must set apart more time than usual to pray.

Beer is made by men, wine by God.

Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.

I have done nothing; the Word has done and accomplished everything.... I let the Word do its work!