The fearful danger of the present time is that above the cry for authority, we forget that man stands alone before the ultimate authority, and that anyone who lays violent hands on man here, is infringing eternal laws, and taking upon himself superhuman authority, which will eventually crush him.

The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.

He who fears the face of God does not fear the face of man. He who fears the face of man does not fear the face of God.

Only what is essential must be said.

There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of the outcast, the suspects, the maltreated, the powerless, the oppressed, the reviled ---- in short, from the perspective of those who suffer . . . to look with new eyes on matters great and small.

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

We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us.