The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech.

It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.

It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?