No one can become and remain a theologian unless he is compelled again and again to be astonished at himself.

Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.

The church speaks finally in that it prays for the world.

The author says that theologian operates with windows open to the interest of the world, but also with a skylight that allows full awareness of prayer.

To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.

A quite specific astonishment stands at the beginning of every theological perception, inquiry, and thought.

God transcends even the undertakings of evangelical theologians.

On observing 1963 America for the first time, the author says that organization and standardization to a certain degree compete with divine providence.

Thou shalt make no image, no abstraction, including none of THE American, THE Swiss, THE German.

When theology recognizes one thing properly, it mis-recognizes something else all the more thoroughly.

You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.

HIV is not a death sentence. It doesn't mean life's over. It means that life's going to be different, but you still get to have those moments that people who don't have HIV experience.

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.

Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner...Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests and exalted values.

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

I said to them last week that I'd like them to win ugly and they certainly won ugly today. That was the ugliest thing I've seen since the ugly sisters fell out of the ugly tree.

When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi can rightly boast of having won a war, but if she won it, she should first of all thank Yahya Khan and his gang of illiterate psychopaths.