Where a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.

Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly teaches me that both of us can never live by our own words and deeds, but only by that one Word and deed that really binds us together, the forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ? The bright day of Christian community dawns wherever the early morning mists of dreamy visions are lifting

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

The first call which every Christian experiences is the call to abandon the attachments of this world.

Only what is essential must be said.

Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its gentle pressure receives the power to persevere in the right way. The command of Jesus is hard, unutterably hard, for those who try to resist it. But for those who willingly submit, the yoke is easy, and the burden is light.

We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we have already solved.