One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.

One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect from it the ultimate answer, shall we receive it. That is because in the Bible God speaks to us. And one cannot simply think about God in one’s own strength, one has to inquire of him. Only if we seek him, will he answer us.

Only he who gives thanks for the little things receives the big things.

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think that their only service is always to have to 'offer' something when they are together with other people. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people seek a sympathetic ear and do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking even when they should be listening.

It is a dangerous error, surely very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself.