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

Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.

There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.

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

Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?

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