The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes for himself.
When we hear that Christ was made a curse for us, let us believe it with joy and assurance. By faith Christ changes places with us. He gets our sins, we get His holiness.
Stubbornness should have been my middle name.
I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.
Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, “Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee.” Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape.
My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity.
The bible is the cradle that holds the Christ, without him it is nothing more than wood and straw.
Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.
To pray diligently is more than half the task.
It is impossible for one man both to labor day and night to get a living, and at the same time give himself to the study of sacred learning as the preaching office requires.
God’s mark is on everything that obeys Him.
A Christian is free and independent in every respect, a bond servant to none. A Christian is a dutiful servant in every respect, owing a duty to everyone.
I have so much to do today that I must set apart more time than usual to pray.
Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.
The truth is mightier than eloquence, the Spirit greater than genius, faith more than education.
Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side.
Every occupation has its own honor before God. Ordinary work is a divine vocation or calling. In our daily work no matter how important or mundane we serve God by serving the neighbor and we also participate in God’s on-going providence for the human race.
God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.
That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man’s true character, make him drunk.
Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, “I want only you”