So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel.

Joy draws its nourishment from quietness and from the unfathomable.

The Psalter is the prayer book of Jesus Christ in the truest sense of the word. He prayed the Psalter and now it has become his prayer for all time...we understand how the Psalter can be prayer to God and yet God's own Word, precisely because here we encounter the praying Christ...because those who pray the psalms are joining in with the prayer of Jesus Christ, their prayer reaches the ears of God. Christ has become their intercessor.

Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.

The person who’s in love with their vision of community will destroy community. But the person who loves the people around them will create community everywhere they go.

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.

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.