My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

To treat anyone as if they were less than human, less than a brother or a sister, no matter what they have done, is to contravene the very laws of our humanity.

If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.

All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.

Love your enemy; it will ruin his reputation.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, "God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?"

The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.

Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.