I believe God dwells with those who make love their aim. And there is no sentimentality in this love; it is not endlessly pliable, always yielding.

Prophets from Amos and Isaiah to Gandhi and King have shown how frequently compassion demands confrontation. Love without criticism is a kind of betrayal. Lying is done with silence as well as with words. And always the love that is of God lies on the far side of justice, never on the near side.