“Is it true? Does all life sift down to just two things: the Way and not-the-way? And is this fact of the Way and not-the-way inherent in every situation and in everything? Does all life become a choice between the Way and not-the-way; and does that choice confront us in every thought, every act, every feeling — in fact, every time we do anything? Is the Christian way always the right way, and is the unchristian way always the wrong way? And does that refer to individuals and nations — the smallest and the largest? For individuals and nations, for God and man, in every conceivable circumstance in heaven and on earth, are there just two things: the Way and not-the-way? And is the Christian way always the Way and is the unchristian way always not-the-way? With no exceptions anywhere?

If that is true, then it is tremendously true. Beside that one fact — if it is a fact — everything else dwindles into insignificance. A Hindu chairman said at the close of my address, “If what the speaker has said tonight isn’t true, it doesn’t matter; but if it is true, then nothing else matters.” If the Christian way is a way among ways, you can take it or leave it and nothing much happens. It doesn’t really matter. But if it is true — if it is the Way — then nothing else matters. This is the one thing in life with which we must come to terms or ruin life itself.”

- The Way (a devotional) by e. stanley jones