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...?

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.

Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.

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

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

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.

It is often said that the Church is a crutch. Of course it's a crutch. What makes you think you don't limp?