Man is not valuable because he loves God. Man is valuable because God loves him.

When the drama of history is over, Jesus Christ will stand alone on the stage. All the great figures of history ... will realize that they have been but actors in a drama produced by another.

The Christian stands, not under the dictatorship of a legalistic 'you ought,' but in the magnetic field of Christian Freedom, under the empowering of the 'You may.'

A church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub and the toastmasters.

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellowmen and I will tell you how much you have loved them.

The doubters are always more blessed than the mere fellow travelers in faith. For they are the only ones who fully learn that their Lord is stronger than any doubt and any hell of despair.

What is the greatest deficiency among human Chrsitians? They have an inadequate view of human suffering.

A theological thought can breathe only in the atmosphere of dialogue with God.

The Gospel must constantly be forwarded to a new address, because the recipient is repeatedly changing his place of residence.

Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow man and I will tell you how much you have loved them.

Life is the first gift love is the second and understanding the third.

Yeah, computers are going to take over the programming business because they have become so fast recently that they can solve the Halting Problem in five seconds flat.

If there was ever a bigger pansy than my father, it was Marcel Proust.

I think [ unpopular presidential candidates ] indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we've got more work to do to strengthen our grassroots networks.

There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must count dimpled ballots, constitutional or otherwise.

As the thought comes to me to exorcise and transform this black with a white drawing, it has already become a surface.. .Now I have lost all fear, and begin to draw on the black surface.

A good reputation is better than fame.

Eternal love is a myth, but we make our myths, and we love them to death.

Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.

Secondhand experience breaks down a block from the car lot.