If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.

God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.

Anything war can do, peace can do better.

We are going to have to be very careful that we give people the hope that freedom is actually better than unfreedom.

And one day, this thing happened to me: I coughed, and the blood just came gushing out of my mouth. ... I still can't believe that that happened to me, but I sat there, and I said to God, 'Well, if it means I'm going to die, that's OK.' I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.

Without forgiveness, there's no future.