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

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.

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...?

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

Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.

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

When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.