Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human.... you are generous, you are hospitable, you are friendly and caring and compassionate. You share what you have. It is to say, 'My humanity is inextricably bound up in yours.' We belong in a bundle of life.

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.

Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.

Mother Teresa, you could say many things about her, but certainly you would not say she was macho. Anything but.

I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been.

Ubuntu tells us that we can create a more peaceful world by striving for goodness in each moment, wherever we are.

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.