“The reason first why we do admire those things which are greatest, and second those things which are ancientest, is because the one are least distant from the infinite substance, the other from the infinite continuance, of God.”— Richard Hooker
“Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also wins for us the true liberty of the sons of God.”— Peter Abelard
“The biblical story is not a story about how to get to heaven, but about how heaven is coming to earth.”— Harvey Cox