The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man.

God has willed that we should seek and find God's living Word in the testimony of other Christians, in the mouths of human beings.

Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.

Joy draws its nourishment from quietness and from the unfathomable.

A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.

One's task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.