Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.

...Hope endures and overcomes misfortune and evil.

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

God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the Scriptures often say that we should rejoice ... A Christian should and must be a cheerful person.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.