We are not the worst moments of our lives. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.

people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.

Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.

If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come from lives with broken promises.

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

There are spaces of sorrow only God can touch.

Lavish love on others receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all.

Mercy is "stronger and more God-like than vengeance".

When I try to write in English, I feel like a bird without wings still trying to fly.

. . . for any worthwhile martial arts skill to be pragmatic, it has to be done live, otherwise it is of limited or no use in actual combat

There is no such thing as cheating. There is only winning or losing.

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

Urban retrofitting: creating different sorts of spaces and uses out of places that are already there.

None are deceived but they that confide.

I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy.

I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.

If you actually have to engage with somebody who's superior to you and actually battle with them, struggle with them, I think it's more interesting, and funnier for the audience.