From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.

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.

How can you claim to have a passionate interest in something, and then make no effort to properly understand it?

If someone deprives you of your history deprives you of your future

The hard left is a very small section of the British population and I myself am not hard left. I am a traditional Labour left-winger.

Hate is love looking for itself everyplace but where love is.

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.

And so there is magic.

It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its cause

An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.

I always walk around with a few moves in my pocket. You never know when you may need to bust one out.

Hopeless and helpless doth Egeon wend, But to procrastinate his liveless end.