We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God's coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear that God's coming should arouse in us. We are indifferent to the message, taking only the pleasant and agreeable out of it and forgetting the serious aspect, that the God of the world draws near to the people of our little earth and lays claim to us. The coming of God is truly not only glad tidings, but first of all frightening news for everyone who has a conscience.

Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

God is not free from human beings but for them.

The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.

Wherever there are sinners, the weak, the sorrowful, the poor in the world, that is where God goes.

When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.