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

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.

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

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

God transcends even the undertakings of evangelical theologians.

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.

Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.

I am Thorn, and I have come to make you bleed,

Order is Heaven's first law.

When You Are In The Light, Everything Follows You, But When You Enter Into The Dark, Even Your Own Shadow Doesn't Follow You.

Mark what unvary'd laws preserve each state, Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.

Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition.

It'll be just lovely for you to play -- it'll be so hard. And there's so much more fun when it is hard!

You've gotta know happy. You've gotta know sad. 'Cause you're gonna know lonely and you're gonna know sad

If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there's nothing lost.

What an absurd notion that women have not intellectual and moral faculties sufficent for anything else but domestic concerns!