The one true freedom in life is to come to terms with death, and as early as possible, for death is an event that embraces all our lives. And the only way to have a good death is to lead a good life. The more we do God's will, the less unfinished business we leave behind when we die.

It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.

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

Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.

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.

Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can create intimacy, and freedom too, for when all hearts are one, nothing else has to be one--neither clothes nor age; neither sex nor sexual preference; race nor mind-set.

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