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

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.

Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil in this world you have to be a Bengal tiger, when, in fact, it is enough to be a tame tabby—a nice person but not a good one. In short, Pentecost makes it clear that nothing is so fatal to Christianity as indifference.

Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, [for] all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

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