Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics.

If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

The world expects of Christians that they will raise their voices so loudly and clearly and so formulate their protest that not even the simplest man can have the slightest doubt about what they are saying. Further, the world expects of Christians that they will eschew all fuzzy abstractions and plant themselves squarely in front of the bloody face of history. We stand in need of folk who have determined to speak directly and unmistakably and come what may, to stand by what they have said.

I felt as I hadn't felt for ages. I had a foolish desire to burst into tears. for the first time I'd realized how all these people loathed me.

The most knowledgeable person in one domain may be the most ignorant in another.

For rich people, the sky is just an extra, a gift of nature. The poor, on the other hand, can see it as it is, a gift of infinite grace.

Lucifer also has died with God, and from his ashes has arisen a spiteful demon who does not even understand the object of his venture.