“Many Christians have put the political cart before the theological horse.”

“To have failed is to have striven, to have striven is to have grown.”

“Our business in life is not to get ahead of other people, but to get ahead of ourselves.”

“Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them. Every one must be challenged. A day dawns, quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us”

“A theology that endangers life rather than "giving life" is one that cannot accept the title of being adequately Christian.”

“Evolution provides a scientific foundation for the core values shared by most Christians and conservatives, and by accepting–and embracing–the theory of evolution, Christians and conservatives strengthen their religion, their politics, and science itself. The conflict between science and religion is senseless. It is based on fears and misunderstandings rather than on facts and moral wisdom. (138)”

“How many times did someone have to run in front of a machine gun before it became an act of cowardice?”