The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and that what exists corresponds only partially to all of this.

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God's Word and our holy faith.

There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!