Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and disobedience to the State has, over and over again, happened throughout history. It is time again to cry out against our 'leaders,' to question (since it is not for us to say that they are evil) whether or not they are sane.

True obedience is a matter of love, which makes it voluntary, not compelled by fear or force.

One of the disconcerting facts about the spiritual life is that God takes you at your word.

Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our Bibles!

Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.

Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.