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

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.

A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.

Jesus is both a mirror to our humanity and a window to divinity, a window revealing as much of God as is given mortal eyes to see. When Christians see Christ empowering the weak, scorning the powerful, healing the wounded, and judging their tormentors, we are seeing transparently the power of God at work.

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

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