Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.

If I diminish you, I diminish myself

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

I say somewhat facetiously, "I'm so glad I'm not God." Can you imagine being God and looking at Syria and saying: "These are my children. Look at what they're doing to each other."

Forgiving is good for your health.

The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need to celebrate your and my different gifts, even if mine are perhaps less spectacular than yours.

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