The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.

When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.

It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have been demonstrated for us in the life of Jesus Christ. It is in fact more important for us to know what God did to Israel, to his Son Jesus Christ, than to seek what God intends for us today.

We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God's will and guidance. It is obvious, and it should not be ignored, that it is your own very human wills that are at work here, celebrating their triumph; the course that you are taking at the outset is one that you have chosen for yourselves.

Once a man has truly experienced the mercy of God in his life he will henceforth aspire only to serve.

Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free

Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.