There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

There is no story that is not true.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.