Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin, living in lies and hypocrisy...He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone.

The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

The richness of God’s Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.

Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the other person, to realize his shortcomings, but only to the extent that it offers to me an occasion for forgiveness and unconditional love, as Jesus proves to me.