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When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring.
When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?
I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.
You have nothing to do but to save souls; therefore spend and be spent in this work.
I will burn, but this is a mere event. We shall continue our discussion in eternity.
A false worship will not hurt the civil state if the worshipper breaks no civil law.
God will recruit as necessary from the human cast in order to reorder human history.
Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.
It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.
Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog.
The ordinary Christian with the Bible in his hand can say that the majority is wrong.
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.
Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth
The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed.
The man who never fasts is no more in the way to heaven than the man who never prays.
A constant attention to the work which God entrusts us with is a mark of solid piety.
Nothing can be found in the intellect if previously has not been found in the senses.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
If there is no ultimate reality, it's pointless to think about how we might get there.
What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.
For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.
As long as you feel your own weakness and helplessness, you will find help from above.
O never give me over to my own heart's desires, nor let me follow my own imaginations!
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
Kings and magistrates are invested with no more power than the people entrust to them.
Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state
Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul.
Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.
... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.
We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life.
For the millions that suffer unjustly, the Confessing Church does not yet have a heart.
I will burn, but this is a mere incident. We shall continue our discussion in eternity.
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.
I do not condone hostility toward any church simply to vent personal malice or umbrage.
The British, I have discovered, assume that Americans are more religious than they are.
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.
Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.
If you enroll as one of God's people, then heaven is your country and God your lawgiver.