For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.

His (Christ's) appearance in our midst has made it undeniably clear that changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks, but are as interconnected as the two beams of the cross.

Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don't receive what I deserve. It always manifests itself in envy.

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

You are a Christian only so long as you constantly pose critical questions to the society you live in, so long as you stay unsatisfied with the status quo, and keep saying that a new world is yet to come.

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.

Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .