One must be truly able to say I in order to know the mystery of the Thou in its whole truth.

There is something that can be found in one place. It is a great treasure which may be called the fulfillment of existence. The place where this treasure can be found is the place where one stands

If you want to raise a man from mud and filth, do not think it is enough to stay on top and reach a helping hand down to him. You must go all the way down yourself, down into mud and filth. Then take hold of him with strong hands and pull him and yourself out into the light.

I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.

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

Inscrutably involved, we live in the currents of universal reciprocity.

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.