We frail humans are at one time capable of the greatest good and, at the same time, capable of the greatest evil. Change will only come about when each of us takes up the daily struggle ourselves to be more forgiving, compassionate, loving, and above all joyful in the knowledge that, by some miracle of grace, we can change as those around us can change too.

Our common humanity is more important than all the things that divide us.

I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family.

It's okay to be scared, but fear is different. Fear is when we let being scared prevent us from doing what love requires of us.

We need political leadership that will move the world away from war into solving its problems through dialogue and negotiation, to build friendship with people, which is not what we've had with this war on terror.

As a person committed to human rights and international law and the right of self-determination, I would like to see the occupation end. And then it is up to the Palestinians themselves to decide what they want.

We need radical thinking, creative ideas, and imagination.