The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, “Of course, just show us your scars.” The man says, “I have no scars”. St. Peter says, “What a pity was there nothing worth fighting for”?

I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.

I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness, our own personal contentment and fulfillment.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you'll find God.

I think [Bush] would like to hand his father Saddam Hussein's head and win his approval for what happened after the Gulf War.

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.