It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.

When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.

In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of their fellow citizens to remain indifferent.

I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.

I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.

In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia.