Do good: we will meet one another there.

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.

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's quite good, when you think of it. Wouldn't it be sad if I was sitting here wishing it back?

I hate the word 'potential'-potential means you haven't gotten it done.

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.

I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self.

As no darkness can be seen by anyone surrounded by light, so no trivialities can capture the attention of anyone who has his eyes on Christ.

Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.

For afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you what you ask and seek to know.

Throughout the life cycle we consciously and unconsciously edit the events of our life, trying to give them meaning.

Get rid of the judgement ... get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself.

The press is the exclusive literature of the million; to them it is literature, church, and college.