The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an author; some out of vanity, to acquire celebrity and raise up a name, others for the sake of mere gain.

If you see yourself as a "little sinner" you will inevitably see Jesus as a "little savior".

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

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.

If the gospel was of a nature to be propagated or maintained by the power of the world, God would not have intrusted it to fishermen. To defend the gospel appertains not to the princes and pontiffs of this world.

The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our own; love gives us to our neighbor as his own.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.