God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grow in silence; see the stars, the moon, the sun, how they move in silence... The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say, but what God says to us and through us. All our words will be useless unless they come from within.
Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.
~ William Sloane Coffin Jr. in THE COLLECTED SERMONS OF WILLIAM SLOANE COFFIN - THE RIVERSIDE YEARS