Prayer in private results in boldness in public.

Contemporaries relate that hearing Martin Luther pray was "an experience in theology". They said the reformer began praying with such humility that he could be pitied, only to proceed with such boldness before God that the human hearer would fear for him.

Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.