“What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.”

“The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.”

“The establishment of Protestant Christianity was one not only of law, but also, and far more importantly, of culture. Christianity supplied the nation with it's system of values.”

“Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than chic fragility, endless self-revelation, and the coolness that comes with authenticity.”

“What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent.”

“That uncivilized heathen nations should first be civilized, and then Christianized, is a sentiment of the past. Now it is coming more and more to be acknowledged, that the Bible is the great civilizer of the nations.”