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.

We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think that their only service is always to have to 'offer' something when they are together with other people. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people seek a sympathetic ear and do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking even when they should be listening.

the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.

The person who’s in love with their vision of community will destroy community. But the person who loves the people around them will create community everywhere they go.

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.