Mercy is "stronger and more God-like than vengeance".

people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.

Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.

If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come from lives with broken promises.

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

There are spaces of sorrow only God can touch.

Lavish love on others receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all.

When you try, God is there and you get the grace you need to get you through.

To preach about sin, but refuse to integrate grace and mercy is a sermonic sin.

Who teaches young people to be so exquisitely sensitive to perceived slights, so ready to read affronts into routine events in everyday life? Their teachers no doubt.

I know all about insanity. It's not that bad once you beat up everyone who teases you about it.

I didn't know the full dimensions of forever, but I knew it was longer than waiting for Christmas to come.

Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.

While my insides may be rotten, I still like a good reason to kill someone. It has to be either business, personal, or out of sheer boredom.

World series attitude, champagne bottle life, nothing ever changes so tonight is like tomorrow night.

I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.

I took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie

It is our firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever works to promote this end, in one way or another, has not lived in vain.