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

For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of homosexuals with the love of Christ.

Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation

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

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.

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

Of God's love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the planet; and secondly, God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. 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.