Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly teaches me that both of us can never live by our own words and deeds, but only by that one Word and deed that really binds us together, the forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ? The bright day of Christian community dawns wherever the early morning mists of dreamy visions are lifting

Then fear will grow pale and fade away, and you will be free, through your faith in our strong and living Savior, Jesus Christ.

He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community.

The first service that one owes to others consists in listening to them.