Before God can deliver us we must undeceive ourselves.

God is not a deceiver, that He should offer to support us, and then, when we lean upon Him, should slip away from us.

The heart of man is restless until he finds rest in Thee.

Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness of the ocean, the orbits of the stars, and yet they neglect to marvel at themselves. Variant: Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.

O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.

Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.