they go and set up free-will with the heathen philosophers and say that a man's free will is the cause why God chooseth and not another, contrary to all scriptures.

The Law and the Gospel are two keys. The Law is the key that shutteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is the key which opens the door and lets them out.

I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.

Christ is with us until the world's end. Let his little flock be bold therefore.

Do you know who taught the eagles to find their prey? Well, that same God teaches His hungry children to find their Father in His Word.

To have a faith, therefore, or a trust in anything, where God hath not promised, is plain idolatry, and a worshipping of thine own imagination instead of God.

For if God be on our side, what matter maketh it who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes, or whatsoever names they will?

The Church is the one institution that exists for those outside it.

God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.

It is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist.

I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

You tried to change didn’t you? Closed your mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake... You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that.

No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.

Life without music is unthinkable.

Anyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan.

Living for today will bring about dying for today. You can’t just think, ‘I’m going to die anyway,’ because that’s what’s stopping us from moving forward.

Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that.

They have vilified me, they have crucified me - yes, they have even criticized me!

Life is a mission, not a career.

Every day, President Obama sends a beautiful message about how we should treat our women based on how he treats his wife. When people went after his wife during the campaign, he took a stand.