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.

Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.

People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.

We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.

To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.