Genius never desires what does not exist.

The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any true sacrifices. He always plays it safe. Though in words, phrases, songs, he is inexhaustible about how highly he prizes Christ, he renounces nothing, gives up nothing, will not reconstruct his life, will not be what he admires, and will not let his life express what it is he supposedly admires.

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

Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.

There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.

Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.