We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day.

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.

If only I could tell someone.The humiliation I go throughwhen I think of my pastcan only be described as grace.We are created by being destroyed.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.

To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.

I shall hear in heaven.

It's frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art.

The Heart Break Kid does not rest in peace. He can stay up ALL NIIIGHT!

I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.

How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?