The words 'God is love' conclude a biblical warning, not a warm and fuzzy slogan. 'He who doesn't love [his neighbor] doesn't love God, for God is love.'

Real love cannot be silent in the face of injustice.

In my lowest moments, when I genuinely longed for death, I knew that Jesus would walk with me through that valley as well.

When you stand with the outcasts, you stand with Jesus, and when you despise the outcast, you despise Jesus, as well. Becoming an activist is simply a matter of putting love into action.

There's something in the cross that says this is not just about my "salvation" but about the "salvation" of all those who suffer injustice and inequality.

It would be catastrophic if one day these fundamentalists Christians gain enough political power to enforce their literal understanding of Mosaic Law.

Doing justice, loving mercy, seeking truth...these are the issues [the Bible] is clear on.

My commitment to the Bible [is my] source of progressive values.

I am convinced that Christian fundamentalism is a far greater threat to this country than Muslim terrorists could ever be.

Because of their excessive commitment to a literal Bible, fundamentalist Christians have fallen into the trap of biblioltry.

It's beginning to feel like there is no room in America for anyone who is not a fundamentalist Christian.

Never abandon widows, widowers and orphans.

What is life, " he asked the maiden, "without love? I would ratherhave this one night with you than another thousand years.

I want to love my living

Without a doubt. I believe in fate the same way others believe in God. I do believe in fate.

Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left.

I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes.

I've never been good at being nostalgic, and I've never been able to focus on sound without having a voice that's very here-and-now.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

It should be a crime to abandon your child, and it's not. It would be wonderful if it could be criminalized.

O to speed where there is space enough and air enough at last!