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."

Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.

[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.

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

Love is much more demanding than law.

Each one of us is not a divine afterthought.

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.