There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their souls, and become truly afraid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ....No priest, no theologian stood at the cradle of Bethlehem. And yet, all Christian theology finds its beginnings in the miracle of miracles, that God became human.

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words.

Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.

There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.

Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be to lift up our hands and bless him. Our enemies are the blessed of the Lord. Their curse can do us no harm. May their poverty be enriched with all the riches of God, with the blessing of Him whom they seek to oppose in vain. We are ready to endure their curses so long as they redound to their blessing.

We are to find God in what we know, not in what we don't know.

The time is short. Eternity is long. It is the time of decision.