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

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

What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love.

Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists never. Let us love our country, but pledge allegiance to the earth and to the flora and fauna and human life that it supports - one planet indivisible, with clean air,... soil and water; with liberty, justice and peace for all.

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.

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

Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.