Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask forgiveness.

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.

Life is like a magnet: success attracts and failure repels.

I'm falling into disrepair

Don't be envious of the runner in the lane next to you

I intend to do a large painting of the cliff at Etretat, although it is terribly bold of me to do so after Courbet has painted it so admirably, but I will try to do it in a different way.

When you let the wolves guard the hen house, there's bound to be a few chicken dinners.

While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.

It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting.

An apothecary should never be out of spirits.

If we become a people who are willing to give up our money and our freedom in exchange for rhetoric and promises, then nothing can save us.

Set your sights not just on the next few weeks ... set your sights on the years ahead - because our vision will look that far ahead.