No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.

'Because they are beautiful monsters..., And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, …

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. -Ender's Game

'If human beings are all monsters, why should I sacrifice anything for them?'

Are you a man? Then you should have an human heart. But have you indeed? What is your heart made of? Is there no such principle as Compassion there? Do you nev…

He wanted to tell me that he thought he finally knew why Christ said to call no man Fool. Christ had said it, Seymour thought I'd want to know, because there a…

It was the affection of Christ, not the brutality of a town, that healed Zacchaeus.