If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.

The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order.

[Neighbor is] not he whom I find in my path, but rather he in whose path I place myself, he whom I approach and actively seek.

oh my soul...be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions

I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.

I sing all day. And it's good for you. Good for your vocal cords.

During the act of writing I have told myself something that I didn't know I knew.

Goodness often blossoms like roses on very rickety trellis-work, and beauty can grow out of nonsense.

I was getting ready way too late and the ball was beating me to the strike zone.?

One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?

What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much.

The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.