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

I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten years of the last 30 in prison.

The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're the least remembered people

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

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.

The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.

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.