People will use their religion to justify virtually anything.

When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

Many people ask me what I have learned from all of the experiences in my life, and I say unhesitatingly: People are wonderful. It is true. People really are wonderful.

It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.

I'm not an optimist. I'm a prisoner of hope.

We were an extraordinary paradox. We are finite creatures made for the infinite.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.