Honoring everyone contains the promise of possibility.

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.

Darkness feeds on apathy.

Deep and sustainable change...requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.

His whisper was the softest sound I ever knew, which seemed to bring the loudest heartbeat.

Good to know we're all twelve years old mentally. Keeps things in perspective.

violent storms. and beautiful smiles. both have electricity. both are equally destructive in nature.

A real hero doesn't expect to be thanked or even recognized.

The more you study, the more you know; how less you know.

I never know when I'll find myself jumping out of a helicopter or something. It's like we're making a new action movie every week, which is pretty thrilling.

O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You. Have pity this day on those who turn to You. My Hope, my Rest, my Delight, this heart can love none other but You.

I get up, because I’m supposed to, but if it were up to me, I’d stay in my seat for the rest of time.