A jealous person is doubly unhappy-over what he has, which is judged inferior, and over which he has not, which is judged superior. Such a person is doubly removed from knowing the true blessing of creation.

Most poor people I know are proud and really want not a handout but a hand up. They do have an inherent pride and dignity, and we should treat them as those who have fallen on bad days.

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

We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters.

I can't for the life of me imagine that God would say, 'I will punish you because you are black; you should have been white. I will punish you because you are a woman; you should have been a man. I punish you because you are homosexual; you ought to have been heterosexual. I can't, I can't for the life of me believe that that is how God sees things.

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

My vote is my secret.