Often a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other parts of the world, about the motions and orbits of the stars and even their sizes and distances... and this knowledge he holds with certainty from reason and experience. It is thus offensive and disgraceful for an unbeliever to hear a Christian talk nonsense about such things, claiming that what he is saying is based in Scripture. We should do all that we can to avoid such an embarrassing situation, which people see as ignorance in the Christian and laugh to scorn.

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

The playthings of our elders are called business.

Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

Only He who made man makes man happy.