Be men and women with others and for others: true champions at the service of others.

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.

Because when you’re laughing, there is no other emotion in that moment except for joy.

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof....

We define genius as the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally, for once in your life, lose.

In the fight for women's rights, the support of men remains crucial.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

If love doesn't make a fool of us, what will?

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.