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."

I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.

We get most upset with those we love because they are close to us and we know that they are aware of our weaknesses. . . If only we could learn to live with our inadequacies, our frailties, our vulnerabilities, we would not need to try so hard to push away those who really know us.

Never let anyone make you feel inferior for being who you are. When you live the life you were meant to live, in freedom and dignity

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.

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

Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with.