Existential anxiety of doubt drives the person toward the creation of certitude of systems of meaning, which are supported by tradition and authority. Neurotic anxiety builds a narrow castle of certitude which can be defended with the utmost certainty.

Culture (science) is the form of religion; Religion is the substance of culture (science).

Spirit is the presence of what concerns us ultimately, the ground of our being and meaning.

Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.

Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.