Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with.

Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge.

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.

I have struggled against tyranny. I didn't do that in order to substitute another.

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.

Restorative justice says "No, the offense affected a relationship" and what you are seeking for is to restore the relationship, to heal the relationship.