We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is the same with homosexuality. The orientation is a given, not a matter of choice. It would be crazy for someone to choose to be gay, given the homophobia that is present.

Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

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

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

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

God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.