Charity that does not change the situation of the poor isn't enough.

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 most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

Sometimes we learn the most about forgiveness when we realize how desperately we need it ourselves.

We don't realize how much we create reality through language. If we say that life is hard, it will be hard.

I would like to show the world today as an ant sees it and tomorrow as the moon sees it.

[Louis] Brandeis improves the prose. He simplifies it and perfects the balance of the sentence so it becomes even more memorable and aphoristic.

I get the celebrity game now - you can go from being hot to fighting to be seen.

I actually don't have a TV and I've been traveling so I've missing out on a lot of stuff.

The 'corporatization of America' during the past century has been an attack on democracy.

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

An intelligent wife can make her home, in spite of exigencies, pretty much what she pleases.