To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel.

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

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

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

The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words.