Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellowmen and I will tell you how much you have loved them.
Helmut ThielickeWhat is the greatest deficiency among human Chrsitians? They have an inadequate view of human suffering.
Helmut ThielickeA church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub and the toastmasters.
Helmut ThielickeI don't believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas. He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life will also surely be a generous judge of theological reflection. Even an orthodox theologian can be spiritually dead, while perhaps a heretic crawls on forbidden bypaths to the sources of life.
Helmut Thielicke