Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

Forgiveness is God's command.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

Pray, and let God worry.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.