Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?

Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness.

Sin is essentially a departure from God.

When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.