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

Quote by Daniel Berrigan

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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...

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.

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...

I'd like to die with my boots on.

I'd like to die with my boots on.

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

My father had very little formal education.

My father had very little formal education.

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.

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and...

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and...

You can't bank on the outcome.

You can't bank on the outcome.

Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired...

Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired...

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...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised...

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

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

It's not going to be easy to change things.

It's not going to be easy to change things.

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...

You just have to do what you know is right.

You just have to do what you know is right.