Jerram Barrs, langjähriger Weggefährte von Schaeffer, schreibt über sein Motto in der Begegnung mit anderen Menschen:
If I have only an hour with someone, I will spend the first fifty-five minutes asking questions and finding out what is troubling their heart and mind, and then in the last five minutes I will share something of the truth.
Jerram Barrs über Francis Schaeffer in: Bruce A. Little (Ed.). Francis Schaeffer – A Mind and Heart for God. P & R Publishing: Phillipsburg 2010.