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

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.

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.

If we can exit a relationship, pressure to reconcile lessens; if we must live with those who have wronged us, we are pushed to reconcile.

Humanity is the cancer of nature.

The line between the living and the dead may not be much of a line at all, but the terrain is not for the weak of heart.

Politicians and sports coaches both need to be smart enough to master the game, but dumb enough to think it matters.

My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do.

Anytime you're in West Virginia or near it, and you sing, 'Take Me Home, Country Roads, ' it's a sight to behold.

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.

The photographer must be absorbent - like a blotter, allow himself to be permeated by the poetic moment... His technique should be like an animal function... he should act automatically.

I love you as much as I love Nutella.

I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.