In recent years we have seen a great deal of bravery and self-sacrifice, but civil courage hardly anywhere, even among ourselves.

It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.

Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.

The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential.

The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.

Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak is the death of fellowship.

The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master, but obedience to the Son of God.