The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than protect 'widows and orphans and strangers at the gate', are designed precisely to create 'widows and orphans', to transform strangers into enemies and enemies into corpses.

Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation.

Faith is rarely where your head is at. Nor is it where your heart is at. Faith is where your ass is at!

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total - but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial.

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.

The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope.