One of the things that has always surprised me is why Americans are so patient. Because they have seen not just that freedom has come, what they have seen is that there are some who used to be poor who are very rich, stinking rich some of them.

You tend to think that your time is either the best or the worst, and then when you have a sense of history, you'll realize actually, no, there were times things were quite gusty in the world. I mean, just think, nowadays most people will say they support the advancement of women, woman has been equal, the fact that we're so aware of the gustiness, in a sense, also speaks about the heightening of our own sensitivity.

When will we learn, when will the people of the world get up and say, Enough is enough. God created us for fellowship. God created us so that we should form the human family, existing together because we were made for one another. We are not made for an exclusive self-sufficiency but for interdependence, and we break the law of our being at our peril.

There are two forms of justice. There is what is called retributive justice and there is restorative justice.

If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.

The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.