Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap.

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We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar...

We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar...

The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a...

The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a...

I'd like to die with my boots on.

I'd like to die with my boots on.

You can't bank on the outcome.

You can't bank on the outcome.

I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten...

I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten...

You just have to do what you know is right.

You just have to do what you know is right.

Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense...

Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense...

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.

I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in...

I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in...

It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged...

It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged...

My father had very little formal education.

My father had very little formal education.

And their conviction is that if it is done with that kind of purity it...

And their conviction is that if it is done with that kind of purity it...

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're...

The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're...

You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you...

You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you...

Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.

Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.

There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as...

There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as...