It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.

If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God.

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'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.

Forgiving is not easy. It is not cheap.

All people would really want peace and all would want to be sure that they would not be taken advantage of.

Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous.