“And if we are not yet one in live at least we are one in sin, which is no mean bond because it preludes the possibility of separation through judgment.”

“One knows a little too much about everybody. And we can even see through some men, and yet we can by no means pass through them.”

“In some ways we were more remote than strangers because strangers at least have the possibility of yet unmade connections.”

“To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the suffering, which the other is giving us. This does not mean that we suffer for them, but that we offer them possibility of going beyond the separate self in which suffering is harbored. (59)”

“within the same person described ... we have not one or even two but at least three distinct entities.1. The old sin nature-the root cause of all sin.2. The new divine nature-which is unable to sin.3. The believer-who chooses which of the other two will be in control.”

“To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation.”