Prophets are those who take life as it is and expand it. They refuse to shrink a vision of tomorrow to the boundaries of yesterday.

Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside.

A life of value is not a series of great things well done; it is a series of small things consciously done.

In scripture God brings the animals to the human for naming. In that simple act the human is brought to recognize the particular personality and worth of each living creature. Too bad we forget so often.

Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.

Oppressors do not get to be oppressors in a single sweep. They manage it because little by little, we make them that. We overlook too much in the beginning and wonder why we lost control in the end.