Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.

The richness of God’s Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate.