No act of man can claim to be more than an attempt, not even science.

Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of the shoulders for not being capable of it. It is a decisive insight of faith itself that all of us are incapable of faith in ourselves, whether we think of its preparation, beginning, continuation, or completion.

Grace and gratitude go together like heaven and earth.

He [Jesus Christ] is the Master of all as the Servant of all.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.

We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.