I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

The awe of God is wisdom.

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.