It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding.

People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous.

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.

We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.

What are we doing to each other? Because I know that I am doing to him exactly what he is doing to me. We are sometimes so happy, and never in our lives have we known more unhappiness.

A frigid woman is never jealous, you simply haven't caught up yet on ordinary human emotions.

You think you are so bad,' she said, 'but it was only because you couldn't bear the pain. But they can bear pain - other people's pain - endlessly. They are the people who don't care.

Some of the worst violence in the world today between estranged religious and ethnic groups happens not on the battlefields. It happens smack in the middle of living rooms and between people who share a lot, who have a lot in common.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Of all people, we Christians should be building friendships and protecting the dignity of human beings, even those of other faiths. I loved seeing Christians in Iraq stand guard as peacekeepers outside the mosques while Muslims gathered for prayer, and Muslims doing the same for Christians.

The tears we shed are not just for ourselves but for our world.