Peace is a deeper reality than violence."p. 231

Gentleness is given to those who have learned that God will not have his kingdom triumph through the violence of the world, for such a triumph came through the meekness of a cross.

You learn who you are only by making yourself accountable to the judgment of others.

Whatever it means to be a Christian, it at least involves the discovery of friends you did not know you had.

The most essential requirement for leaders is neither age nor gender. It is neither certificates nor positions. It is the character that reveals trust and exemplary life.

Peace of being makes the soul prosper.

The world is full of holes and uneven seams, wrinkled places that you can’t make smooth, no matter how hard you try.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

Too few people understand a really good sandwich.

I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

You don't have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right.

Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.