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

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

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws in the system.

Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human.