"We should not break our heads at work and injure our bodies … I myself used to do such things, and I have racked my brains because I still have not overcome the bad habit of overworking. Nor shall I o…"

"Reason is the Devil's greatest whore."

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

"Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more."

"I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to c…"