I believe that theology is facing the abyss.I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

I think both Protestants and Catholics have killed the woman for the sake of the mother. (Rubem Alves, p. 201)

Jesus revealed a face of God that bothered society profoundly! (Carlos Mesters, p. 122)

Certainly, the wealth of the rich is a consequence of the poverty of the poor. (Lori Altmann, p. 85)

...the oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)

There is secrecy and betrayal but that's more part and parcel of the kind of anguish that the people go through. And maybe that's modes of survival, rather than modes of consciousness.

As God's children, we are not to be observers; we're to participate actively in the Lord's work. Spectators sit and watch, but we are called to use our spiritual gifts and serve continually.

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.

We can enhance our intelligences, but I am never going to become Yo-Yo Ma, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, or Pele.

Whether it's her [ Hillary Clinton] guarded privacy or whatever else, I mean, there has got to be some sense that this is a human being that I can identify.

There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under.

If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground

The real spiritual journey is work. You can make a naïve assertion that you trust in Jesus, but until it is tested a good, oh, 200 times, I doubt very much that it's true.

When we truly discover how to love our neighbor as our self, Capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary.

If you destroy a free market you create a black market.