No one must ever let power or social, economic, or political interest turn him or her away from other human beings, from the attention they deserve and the respect they are entitled to. nothing must ever lead to a person to compromise this principle or faith in favor of a political strategy aimed at saving or protecting a community from some peril. The freely offered, sincere heart of a poor, powerless individual is worth a thousand times more in the sight of God than the assiduously courted, self-interested heart of a rich one.

We cannot have a free market since it does not really set us free. It's free for interest, speculation and consumerism to create false needs.

We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.

To be more precise, it's ethics and liberation, and as a consequence there is an ethics of liberation.

Many times I have asked Muslim women not to nurture the victim mentality. stand up for your rights

Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.

If you are only concerned with international issues and/or the power of some lobbies that are influencing American policy, then you are isolating yourselves. You are powerless in your mind when you don't understand the meaning and quality of your own real power.