Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue this fight.

I don't read the Bible as the literal word of God; I don't view Jesus as a God. I've rejected both those statements. I view Jesus as a model for how we should live, and by that definition I do consider myself a Christian.

Civil disobedience is an act of love.

The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice.

What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.

Respond to stressful times by turning towards each other, rather than away from each other.

Religious communities have historically been designed to counteract the forces of alienation. That's why so many successful social movements have relied upon the strength of spiritual communities and a large base of their organizing has been through them.