We so desperately long for all of us to learn that we are meant for one another. We are meant for complementarity. The Syrians are members of our family.

The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year searching for more fuel. They should redirect this money toward developing clean energy solutions

When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.

God loved me before I actually was.

Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this was approved in the Bible.

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.

The things [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge papal mansion and just dropped by in the dining room where ordinary people have meals. You think of his background, where he didn't use limousines in South America, that he used public transport.