The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon us as sinners. If we could answer it then we would not be sinners. We could make something else responsible...The theological question does not arise about the origin of evil but about the real overcoming of evil on the Cross; it ask for the forgiveness of guilt, for the reconciliation of the fallen world

The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all worry, and anxiety flee before him.

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

The responsible person seeks to make his whole life a response to the question and call of God.

In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.