Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.

You shouldn’t act as a spokesperson for someone who’s trying to impose his will on you.

Hunger is isolating; it may not and cannot be experienced vicariously. He who never felt hunger can never know its real effects, both tangible and intangible. Hunger defies imagination; it even defies memory. Hunger is felt only in the present.

There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

I have a tremendous respect for Professor [Frank Moore] Cross.

Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but I'm not approaching it from the scientific point of view. I'm saying: Why do we need that? It's a sordid story, a depressing story, a dark story. Why should I believe that I'm a descendant of either Cain or Abel? Thank God there is a third son! [Genesis 4:25]

It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.