It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

The heart clings to collected treasure. Stored-up possessions get between me and God. Where my treasure is, there is my trust, my security, my comfort, my God. Treasure means idolatry.

Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.

Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure is lost to the Christian church. With its recovery will come unexpected power.

One's task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.

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.

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.