In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

Too frequently we think we have to do spectacular things. Yet if we remember that the sea is actually made up of drops of water and each drop counts, each one of us can do our little bit where we are. Those little bits can come together and almost overwhelm the world. Each one of us can be an oasis of peace.

You think sometimes that maybe if the person who hurt you is clobbered you will feel a little better. But it actually doesn't.

I think it is a good exercise to ask oneself, "How would I have wanted to be treated?"

If you do not for give you actually are tying yourself to the perpetrator, that you are going to live your life as a victim. And you won't experience a liberation that comes from forgiving.

Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.

Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth