The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving.

It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

Discipleship means adherence to Christ and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An abstract theology, a doctrinal system, a general religious knowledge of the subject of grace or the forgiveness of sins, render discipleship superfluous, and in fact exclude any idea of discipleship whatsoever, and are essentially inimical to the whole conception of following Christ....Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.

It is the voice of the Church that is heard in singing together. It is not you that sings, it is the Church that is singing, and you, as a member of the Church, may share in its song.