Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized.

Christ's own 'God-forsaken-ness' on the cross showed me where God is present where God had been present in those nights of deaths in the fire storms in Hamburg and where God would be present in my future whatever may come.

Hope is lived when it comes alive, when we go outside of ourselves and, in joy and pain take part in the lives of others.

The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.

The present time of believers is no longer determined by the past. It takes its definition from the future.

As long as hope does not embrace and transform the thought and action of men, it remains topsy-turvy and ineffective.

Jesus' healings are not supernatural miracles in a natural world. They are the only truly 'natural' things in a world that is unnatural, demonized and wounded.