I'm reluctant to draw many conclusions from private correspondence leaked without permission.

[Pope Francis] has reminded us that the way we live our lives is the most important expression of our Catholic identity.

To the extent that we sow love where there is hate and light where there is darkness, each in his or her own walk in life, we can heal, enlighten, and unify.

We have perhaps all said things in unguarded moments that we would not want printed in newspapers.

Worst thing about Al Smith dinner : it was another reminder of how far we are from the amity between opposing sides that is needed for effective governance.

I've never met anyone who has changed his mind or deepened his faith because he has been confronted with such angry condemnations.

Best thing about Al Smith dinner: Cardinal Dolan got the candidates together for a brief prayer before going out on the stage.

No doubt the [presedential] campaigns have reflected some anxiety, anger, and resentment in the nation at large, and we must try to understand these attitudes in the electorate.

To enhance and expand your vision, get an education.

One should love oneself enough not to love oneself too much.

What goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.

They should put their clothes on if they could find them which might be difficult in the darkness.He decided that could wait until dawn.

I can dip the pen in my own blood if I choose.

The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.

What's cool about baseball is you don't have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up and give them a big hug. Those friendships endure.

I had no plans to be ever a lawyer, a crime fighter [in school].

Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.

I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.