"I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years."
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"The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity."
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"Sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth."
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"Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise."
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"Sin cannot tear you away from him [Christ] even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders."
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"All these things He must be in me, abiding, living, speaking in me; that I may be the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. v. 21); not in love, nor in gifts and graces which follow; but in Him."
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"It is the duty of a prudent minister of God to hold his ministry in honor and to see to it that it is respected by those who are in his charge. Moreoever, it is the duty of a faithful minister not to exceed his powers and not to abuse his office in pride, but, rather, to administer it for the benefit of his subjects."
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"Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown."
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"Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God."
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"It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business of the morning and the last of the evening."
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"Forgiveness is God's command."
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"When schools flourish, all flourishes."
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"Can he who understands not God's word, understand God's works?"
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"Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason."
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"Poverty hath slain a thousand, but riches have slain ten thousand. They are very uncertain, they promise that which they cannot perform, neither can they afford a contented mind."
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"My dear pope, I will kiss your feet and acknowledge you as supreme bishop if you will worship my Christ and grant that through His death and resurrection, not through keeping your traditions, we have forgiveness of sins and life eternal."
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"When I am angry I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart."
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"One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery."
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"Let us keep to Christ, and cling to Him, and hang on Him, so that no power can remove us."
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"I greatly fear that the universities, unless they teach the Holy Scriptures diligently and impress them on the young students, are wide gates to hell."
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