"What is worse, the Jews, in their synagogues, curse our Lord Jesus Christ and Mary His mother, and call her a whore, and Christ a mamzer [bastard], that is, a son of a whore."

"I am a peasant, a son of a peasant; my father, grandfather, all my ancestors were genuine peasants."

"God hides in order not to be found where humans want to find God. But God also hides in order to be found where God wills to be found."

"I had no other intention than to purge the Lord's house of abominations."

"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 fro…"