"I'm as serious as a heart attack."

“Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust to the Word. It is a ship loaded to the very limits of its capacity. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer”

Source : Eric Metaxas (2011). “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”, p.184, Thomas Nelson

“Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so.”

“Keep busy at something: a busy person never has time to be unhappy.”

“I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.”

“Violence has been a necessary component of every serious liberation struggle...Violence is not the only path to liberation, but likely an indispensable one...the Press Office would like to be clear on this matter: we support all the liberationists ­ from the graffiti artists and ALF liberator to the Animal Rights Militia, Justice Department and Revolutionary Cells.”

“A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and economic class.”

“Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord's sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.”

“We are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.”

Source : "French Election: Hollandaise" by Anthony Lane, www.newyorker.com. May 7, 2012.