“Extermination of city could be preventedby presence of a few who have faith of God.”

“Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.”

“Oh! What honour for the female sex! It is perfectly obvious that God has special regard for it when all these wretched people who destroyed the whole Kingdom – now recovered and made safe by a woman, something that 5000 men could not have done – and the traitors [have been] exterminated. Before the event they would scarcely have believed this possible.”

“His power to adore is responsible for all his crimes: a man who loves a god unduly forces other men to love his god, eager to exterminate them if they refuse.”

“For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”

“Gods were preserved but languages were exterminated: thus was the conqueror’s will”