And if something should be found, particularly in the first part of the dissertation, that one is generally not accustomed to come across in scholarly writings, the reader must forgive my jocundity, just as I, in order to lighten the burden, sometimes sing at my work.

A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've got, be it little or much. Every person can do that.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.

Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship.

The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.

My tactics were, by God's aid, to employ every means to make it clear what the requirement of Christianity truly is.