I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to d….

Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic..

It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catho….

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of thi….

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other..

I act because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just somethin….

While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive..

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself..

The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, “Of course, just show us your scars.” The ….

No matter what is going on, everything is grace..

If all of the issues that I have worked on were depending on some measure of success, it would be a total failure. I don't anticipate success. We're ….

People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain..

Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church..

Once you experience Third World poverty, you're really changed forever, if you're at all open to it, because we're all united in our common humanity.….

I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, wi….

Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others..

I sincerely believe that everything - everything - is grace, and you have to stick around long enough to see it through. I'm a very optimistic person..

We are not asked to do great things. We are asked to do all things with great care..

We have to fight for something. It has to cost us. Our lives, our faith, have to cost us something; otherwise we're left to question its value..

There is no greater virtue than honesty..

If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you'll find God..