"The Turks are the rod of the wrath of the Lord our God."

"A dog is a dog, and a cat is a cat, but a man is a man."

"The soul can do without anything except the Word of God, without which there is no help for it at all."

"God created the world, and he gave it to man, and he said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.'"

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