Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?

A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.

Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations in order to earn your salvation." He looked around at nearly slumbering collections of utterly casual Christians and wondered, "Who's trying?

All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

The forces, movements, and energies that today we call religious, spiritual, or faith-based have related through the ages in diverse ways to the spheres of life that today we call economic and that we see embodied in business and commerce.

I have a hard time picturing several aspects of the modern world without Luther.