As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.

Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.

I have a lot of time for young people.

I would hope that wherever I was I would be me. I have been influenced by some wonderful people who showed me that there is an integral relationship between faith and life at home. Evil is evil, repression is repression anywhere. And if it is not consistent with what one believes is God's will, then I would hope that one would be able to witness it, and there are wonderful people who do so in very great risks to themselves.

Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that underlies them. We are different so that we can know our need of one another.

One of the ways of helping to destroy a people is to tell them they don't have a history that they have no roots.

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.