Who would have thought it possible that a tiny flower could preoccupy a person so completely that there simply wasn't room for any other thought.

Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did.

I shall cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even if my numb hands can no longer feel it.

It was a sunny day, I was carrying a child in a white dress to be christened. The path to the church led up a steep slope, but I held the child in my arms firmly and without faltering. Then suddenly my footing gave way ... I had enough time to put the child down before plunging into the abyss. The child is our idea. In spite of all obstacles it will prevail.

God, you are my refuge into eternity

I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and yet my heart so often gets lost in petty anxieties. It forgets the great way home that lies before it.

Laws change. Conscience doesn't.