The world upon whom grace is thrust as a bargain will grow tired of it.

Every Christian must be fully Christian by bringing God into his whole life, not merely into some spiritual realm.

A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self.

God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are, not some ideal world, but rather the real world.

If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?

Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good and so beloved a hand. Yet when again in this same world You give us the joy we had, the brightness of Your Sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be Yours alone.

Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them.