Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth.

I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things.

It may here be observed, that all who are offended by us are exposed to our view. But the rich man sees Lazarus not with any other righteous man, but in Abraham's bosom. For Abraham was full of love, but the man is convicted of cruelty. Abraham sitting before his door followed after those that passed by, and brought them into his house, the other turned away even them that abode within his gate.

Only those who do not fight are never wounded.

What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God.

Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.

Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.