The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of Scottish workers and their families, and the Bible.

God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.

Totally without hope, one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live.

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

God is not only a divine person who we can address in prayer, but also a wide living space We human beings are giving each other space for living when we meet each other in love and friendship.

The knowledge of the cross brings a conflict of interest between God who has become man and man who wishes to become God.

Imprisoned professors taught imprisoned students free theology.