These are the writings that stir your soul and keep you grounded. Many folks draw inspiration from the Bible, the Koran, or the Talmud. Your moral documents can be anything that speaks to your heart and encourages you to be a better person. While the founding documents define the limits and the possibilities under the laws of the country in which you live, your moral documents define the proper relationship between you and the wider community of humanity and the world.

For me, no writings are more sacred than the speeches of our nation's greatest prophet, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His last speech, "I Have Been to the Mountaintop", is the most important to me because he speaks on behalf of poor and struggling workers in Memphis as well as Vietnam. He draws parallels between the struggles of workers trying to form a union with workers struggling to win their country back from an imperialist invading army. He speaks to my heart and encourages me to look beyond the mountain, to the fertile valley of peace.

I also find wisdom in the religious texts of all the world's cultures, from the Bible to the Bhagavad Gita. To my mind, God speaks to all of us, whenever we speak to the needs of the poorest among us. That is why my favorite prophets are those who spoke out against the crimes of an out-of-control superstate that mixes politics and religion in its drive to consolidate wealth and exclude the poor. Some examples: Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jesus. They may have come from a certain time and place in religious history, but their lessons for us are universal.