Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.

People are scared in this country [the US], to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

Retributive justice is one that says clobber him or clobber her because they clobbered me. So it emphasizes punishment.

Theology reminded me that, however diabolical the act, it did not turn the perpetrator into a demon. We had to distinguish between the deed and the perpetrator, between the sinner and the sin, to hate and condemn the sin while being filled with compassion for the sinner.

When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.

There is room for everyone; there is room for every culture, race, language and point of view.