Man has learned to cope with all questions of importance without recourse to God as a working hypothesis.

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.

I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer, before taking off his prison garb, kneeling on the floor praying fervently to his God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed, so devout and so certain that God heard his prayer. At the place of execution, he again said a prayer and then climbed the steps to the gallows, brave and composed. His death ensued in a few seconds. In the almost 50 years that I have worked as a doctor, I have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of God.

Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.

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

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.

The first service that one owes to others consists in listening to them.