Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down.

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.

The wisdom of LIFE eludes even the best...For those who pass the test Life is a fest, While, its forever, A battle for the rest..

Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.

The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard

She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it

A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king.

It is white. - when asked what the White house was like by a student in East London

My mom ate every piece of butter in the Midwest, she lived till she was 90. And my dad, he smoked, he drank - we finally just had to kill him.

Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.

But some people can't tell where it hurts. They can't calm down. They can't ever stop howling.

My life is, like, really, really fun.