Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.

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

One who loves his community destroys community; one who loves its members builds community.

God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new beginning at all; they can only pray for one. Where people are on their own and live by their own devices, there is only the old, the past.

What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men.