Wealth is not wisdom's goal, but is often wisdom's reward.
Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.
In His tender mercies, God has an incredible capacity to love the unlovely.
When God says something, the argument is over.
Touching His human nature, Jesus is no longer present with us. Touching his Divine nature, He is never absent from us.
Just as the normative standard for the good and for the true is God, so the ultimate standard of beauty is God.