The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

My father had very little formal education.

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.

Start with the impossible. Proceed calmly towards the improbable. No worry, there are at least five exits.

You just have to do what you know is right.

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better

It's not going to be easy to change things.