The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world.

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.

But discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ...Christ speaks to us exactly as he spoke to them. It was not as though they first recognized him as the Christ and then received his command. They believed his word and command and recognized him as the Christ--in that order.

The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

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

Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes.