The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

Man has learned to cope with all questions of importance without recourse to God as a working hypothesis.

Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.

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

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

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

One's task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.