All Christians need an 'ecological conversion', whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them.

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.

Romance is an illusion of love and excitement that touches our hearts and mind. It lingers in our memories like a fairy tale.

The only way to survive in this world is by keeping alive our dream, without ever fulfilling it, since the fulfilment never measures up to what we imagine.

I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.

People's weaker side is not necessarily their truer self.

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice.

Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.

People would say to me, “Hey man, you look just like Paul McCartney”, and I'd say: “I wish I had his money!”

I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life.

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

I understand that we should never lose our right to be offended, so I accept it. But for me it was always a study of human behavior because if we just demonize it, it becomes unreal.