I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth, and not ruled by it.

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 opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.

Not only does one drink champagne, but one inhales it, one looks at it, one swallows it ...And one drinks it.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.

Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - which is what fear and anxiety do to a person - into something whole.

Nobody can make anybody be someone he or she doesn't want to be.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.

The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.

The leaf, still green, must someday fall such grief and joy to live at all.