Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love. Be his enmity political or religious, he has nothing to expect from a follower of Jesus but unqualified love. In such love there is not inner discord between the private person and official capacity. In both we are disciples of Christ, or we are not Christians at all.

Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety.

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

If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.