More people are aware of the consequences of hatred. People are aware. Therefore more people are engaged in fighting ... racism and so forth.

It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition.

He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.

There are real people behind the [Bible] stories.

In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word. We are all partners in a quest. The essential questions have no answers. You are my question, and I am yours - and then there is dialogue. The moment we have answers, there is no dialogue. Questions unite people.

It is up to us to determine whether the years ahead will be for humankind a curse or a blessing. We always must remember that it is given to men and women to choose life and living, not death and destruction.

One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.