God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick

"God can strike a straight stroke by a crooked stick."
~ Thomas Watson, English Puritan

"God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick."
~ Martin Luther, German Reformer

"God uses crooked sticks to draw straight lines."
~ Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Jesuit Order

"God writes straight with crooked lines."
~ Spanish/Portuguese proverb

quotes researched by Virginia Huguenot, librarian