Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists never. Let us love our country, but pledge allegiance to the earth and to the flora and fauna and human life that it supports - one planet indivisible, with clean air,... soil and water; with liberty, justice and peace for all.

Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.

It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.

I asked an 85 year old professor, 'What makes you cry?' He said, 'Whenever I see or hear the truth.'

Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one.

Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation

Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human.