Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech.

The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.

If evangelism isn't an expression of love of neighbor, it isn't Christian evangelizing. And love of neighbor includes not only what I say to the neighbor but how I say that.

Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

If you take the 'love your enemy' out of Christianity, you've 'unChristianed' the Christian faith.

Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we may become rich.

For many Americans, Osama bin Laden is the paradigmatic Muslim, an absurd conviction for anyone who has lived with Muslims.

We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.

God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn't just love. God is love.

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

I never want a girl to lose all hope that her life can’t completely turn around, even if she feels that she is at the edge, standing on one foot, and ready to say goodbye.

What is a drop of rain, compared to the storm? What is a thought, compared to the mind? Our unity is full of wonder which your tiny individualism cannot even conceive.

I—I don’t drink, ” said Shina. The Captain clicked her tongue. “Well, I don’t know your life, ” she said, “but that might be part of your greater overall problem.

I hope that women everywhere will wear this jewelry and feel the passion and love that is, to me, the real spirit of True Harmony.

Sometimes you get politicians who dig their feet into the sand and aren't willing to listen to another voice.

Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.

Many a family tree needs trimming

The measured blood beats out the year's delay.

Contentment travels rarely with fortune, but follows virtue even in misfortune.

I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding.