I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an obscenity . . .

I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives.

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

We need to be accountable to God's family. Once we start living in a way that is people-friendly to all of God's family, we will also be environment-friendly.

I've often been a little concerned by people who say they are color-blind, people who claim, in some ways, not to be aware of race, and I hope that those who will be looking for a vision of the future will be a little more honest, and say race actually does matter.

We have an incredible capacity for the worst possible evil, all of us, it was that we also have this incredible capacity for good. And that is why we are all of us appalled when something bad happens. Because if the bad was the norm, we would just shrug our shoulders and say "well tough luck, this is how the cookie crumbles" kind of thing but none of us does that.

Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future.