The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.

Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.

It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.

Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there.

... insanity is never reasonable.

Your mind, your motion and your expression is an animation to marvel and to praise.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.

I could endure hard times thanks to my fans that stood by me. I decided that I wouldn't disappoint them.

Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.

Newman has it all worked out. I get a million. He gets a million two, but that includes $200,000 expenses.

A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.

Sweat is my sanity. During the campaign, the days never went as well if I couldn't get out there and sweat.