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.

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

Economics is primarily useful, both to the student and to the political leader, as a prophylactic against popular fallacies.

The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.

The wind came in languid gusts like whispered reminders.

It's important for us to fight for certain changes that need to happen. And one of those issues that I really care about is education. But also another one is incarceration.

Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.

All complaining comes from pride.

Dreams are manifestations of identities.

Being equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a "powerful personality."

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.