If the Church is not Making Disciples, then all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible, are a waste of time.

Hatred obscures all distinctions.

The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of raw material which we have to handle.

If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.

I want God, not my idea of God.

..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows.

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.