How can those of us who are parents help our children recognize their bliss?

Democracy only works when we claim it as our own.

Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance. Faith-based charity provides crumbs from the table; faith-based justice offers a place at the table.

I really believe that coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

We now know that a neo-conservative is an arsonist who sets the house on fire and six years later boasts that no one can put it out.

In fact, so much of life, as you know, is serendipitous. That's why you better be prepared at any time for anything, because it may happen to you.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.