We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.

A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

The exclusion of the weak and insignificant, the seemingly useless people, from a Christian community may actually mean the exclusion of Christ; in the poor brother Christ is knocking at the door.

The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity, or social justice is quite bewildering to anyone brought up on our traditional ethical concepts, while for the Christian who bases his life on the Bible, it merely confirms the fundamental wickedness of evil.

Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening.

The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.

Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty.