Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.

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

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

It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.

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

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

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