All men who live with any degree of serenity live by some assurance of grace.

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

Man is both strong and weak, both free and bound, both blind and far-seeing. He stands at the juncture of nature and spirit; and is involved in both freedom and necessity.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

In the Old Testament, the God of the Prophets never was completely on Israel's side. There was a primitive national religion, but it was always a transcendent God who had judgment first in the House of God. This is the true religion. It has a sense of a transcendent majesty and a transcendent meaning so that that puts myself and the foe under the same judgment.

The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.

We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice.