Words Of Wisdom

"The greatest memorial is not to be afraid. The Trade Towers may not be there, and we'll miss them. But that's not what makes us. We are what makes us. You be a tower yourself."
--THE REV. CALVIN BUTTS
Abyssinian Baptist Church, Manhattan

"I will never look at a firefighter the same way again. What is in someone, hundreds of them, to compel them to run into a burning building while everyone else is running out, just to save people they don't even know? Their bravery has become part of our collective national legacy. Their bravery dignifies us all."
--THE REV. BILL HYBELS
Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Ill.

"Such inhuman acts, in the final analysis, are directed against all humanity, against civilization, against freedom, against all religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam alike. For example, it is mentioned in the Bible: 'There is a time for peace, and a time for war.' Nowhere is it written that there is a time for terrorism."
--IMAM MOHAMMED GEMEAHA
Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Manhattan

"May we learn: that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity to act in the presence of fear. Faith is not the absence of doubt, but the courage to believe in spite of doubt. Trust is not the absence of qualms, but the capacity to go forward despite misgivings.

We admit that we thought we were brave. We thought we were strong, but we had not expected what has come upon us this week."
--THE REV. MARY F. HARVEY
Grace United Methodist Church, St. Louis

"Today, the world is not the same as it was yesterday. If we are the same as we were yesterday, then it is pure folly."
--RABBI YAAKOV PERLOW
Agudath Israel of America, Brooklyn, N.Y.