“We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully.”

“Let us pray to God that other gifts may not so satisfy us, that we never grasp the fact that the absence of this grace (humility) is the secret cause why the power of God cannot do its mighty work.”

“Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.”

“When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.”

“The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just deny themselves and everyone they choose to be intimate with the freedom to know mutual love. If we remain unable to imagine a world where love can be recognized as a unifying principle that can lead us to seek and use power wisely, then we will remain wedded to a culture of domination that requires us to choose power over love.”

“If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us do everything in our power not to live entirely like animals.”