The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech.

Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory.

He who fears the face of God does not fear the face of man. He who fears the face of man does not fear the face of God.

It seems to me more important actually to share someones distress than to use smooth words about it.

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world.