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

I'm so, so thrilled that [Pope Francis] is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

Human beings have a vested interest in being trustworthy.

We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a species is threatened by global warming, economic meltdown, and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Yet these threats offer an opportunity to awaken as an interconnected and beloved community.

We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.

We seek a restorative justice, not a retributive justice.

I have no doubt that in the future, the laws that criminalize human love and commitment will look the way the apartheid laws do to us now, so obviously wrong