God is to us like the sky to a small bird, which cannot see its outer limits and cannot reach its distant horizons, but can only lose itself in the greatness and immensity of the blueness.

There is no fixed, true and real person inside of you or me, precisely because being a person necessarily implies becoming a person, being in process.

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

Pain is a teacher from whom we can learn much.

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery.

If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.