Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

From my youth onwards I have found in Jesus my great brother. That Christianity has regarded and does regard him as God and Savior has always appeared to me a fact of the highest importance which, for his sake and my own, I must endeavor to understand . . . I am more than ever certain that a great place belongs to him in Israel's history of faith and that this place cannot be described by any of the usual categories.

The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It.

The future stands in need of you in order to be born.

And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision.

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

Man is like a tree. If you stand in front of a tree and watch it incessantly, to see how it grows, and to see how much it has grown, you will see nothing at all. But tend it at all times, prune the runners and keep it free of beetles and worms, and all in good time-it will come into its growth. It is the same with man: all that is necessary is for him to overcome his obstacles, and he will thrive and grow. But it is not right to examine him hour after hour to see how much has already been added to his stature.