God says "I have given you this gift, and it is a real gift. I want you to love me freely, and I will do anything, anything up to giving up the most precious thing I could say I have, my son, to prove I love you. Please come back."

All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others

As a teacher in order not to have to answer too many questions, you stretch your answers.

Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are.

Our lives are a response to a love that we already have received.

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.

Do your little bit of good where you are.