We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

People are scared in this country [the US], to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful.

Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing.

To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.

Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are starving. And yet, just a fraction of what is expended so obscenely on defense budgets would make the difference in enabling God's children to fill their stomachs, be educated, and given the chance to lead fulfilled and happy lives.

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

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.