"Let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy and remind ourselves of all the ways our hopes and dreams are bound together."
"It’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds."
"We have to examine all the facts behind this tragedy...and be willing to challenge old assumptions."
"I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us."
"We may ask ourselves if we’ve shown enough kindness and generosity and compassion to the people in our lives."
"What matters is not wealth, or status, or power or fame, but how well we have loved."
