"Warriors who hear my voice, you who will go to war, rejoice, because you are taking up a legitimate war… Arm yourselves with the sword of the Maccabees and go to defend the house of Israel who is the …"

"This I grant to all who go, by virtue of the great authority with which I am invested by God."

"But if you are hindered by love of children, parents, or of wife, remember what the Lord says in the Gospel, 'He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me', 'Every one that hath fo…"

"What shall I say of the appalling violation of women, of which it is more evil to speak than to keep silent?"

"Jerusalem is the navel of the world; the land is fruitful above all others, like another paradise of delights."