When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises.

The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless.

I do not believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me I will rise again in the people of El Salvador.

Aspire not to have more, but to be more.

Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world.

We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.

There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried

There is no dichotomy between man and God's image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being, abuses God's image.

Peace is the product of justice and love.

God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love.

We suffer with those who have disappeared, those who have had to flee their homes, and those who have been tortured.

A dog is grateful for what is, which I am finding to be the soundest kind of wisdom and very good theology.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

There's a lot of disorder that comes along with wanting to know everything and wanting to try everything and wanting to experience everything, but there's a lot of knowledge that comes out of it too.

My sister gained 80 pounds expecting her baby. Well, you get nervous, waiting for those adoption papers to clear.

I was a sidelines child: never class president, never team captain, never the one with the most valentines in my box.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

Life itself is a strange mixture. We have to take it as it is, try to understand it, and then to better it.

I think of evolution as a myth, like the Norse myths, the Greek myths - anybody's myths. But it was created for a rational age.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it.