A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life.

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.

Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.

Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone.

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

Inequality is the root of social evil.

Never pass on an opportunity to say thank you or give recognition for a job well done

Life had been hard on this girl, Jacob, but she had enough courage for an army.

It is not what happens to you or for you that makes you grateful. It's how you respond to what is happening, that shows your belief about gratitude.

Every graveyard and every cemetery testify that the Bible is true.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

Our lives are one endless stretch of misery punctuated by processed fast foods and the occasional crisis or amusing curiosity.

I hold the most archaic values on earth ... the fertility of the soul, the magic of the animals, the power-vision in solitude.... the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe.

It is possible to combine a story line and plot line in the same work. Usually the storylines comes first, serving as a background to the plot line, but not always.

The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.

Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright.