Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our own standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.

Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil.

If you equate God's judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.

Liberalism makes this mistake in regard to private property and Marxism makes it in regard to socialized property... The Marxist illusion is partly derived from a romantic conception of human nature... It assumes that the socialization of property will eliminate human egotism... The development of a managerial class in Russia, combing economic with political power, is an historic refutation of the Marxist theory.

Certainly, anybody who says, "in the eyes of God," is pretentious.