The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.

The best response to bad religion is better religion, not secularism.

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

Our calling is not only to pull people out of the river, but to go upstream to find out what or who is pushing them in.

Faith reminds us that change is always possible.

Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says �peacemakers.� He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.

The Christian doctrine is one that is both about individual spirituality and a parallel commitment to social justice.

Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, and then watching the evidence change.

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, Ive wrestled with that very question myself.

Love removes the world for you, and just as surely when it's going well as when it's going badly.

I spent all night feeding the homeless to dogs.

Failure is an integral part of life and that perfection is not of this world.

Self carries grief as a pack mule carries the side bags, being careful between the trees to leave extra room.

I want you to be with me in the dark. To hold me. To keep loving me. To help me when I get scared. To come right to the edge and see what's there.

As addictive and satisfying as my first tattoo, Wolf’s Remedy left me craving more.

You can think whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.

How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the world around them.

A theme of digital success is keeping it simple.

We will stand mighty for peace and freedom and maintain a strong defense against terror and destruction. Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.