I need the Christ that is in you, and you need the Christ that is in me.

Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.

The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.

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

To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies in God's hand alone, we shall be protected even in the greatest danger; and from our gratitude for such protection ever new readiness surely arises for the final call

There is not a place to which the Christian can withdraw from the world, whether it be outwardly or in the sphere of the inner life. Any attempt to escape from the world must sooner or later be paid for with a sinful surrender to the world.

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.