I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.

The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.

If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.

I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Look at the face of the other... discover that he has a soul, a history and a life, that he is a person and that God loves this person.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.

So never be embarrassed by mistakes, rather, be thankful for them, because they always present an opportunity for personal growth.

Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.

...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.

I'm strongly into the Bible; I'm strongly into God and religion.I'm pro-life and different things.

A poem is like a painting.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I've never had a plan. You look for different actors you want to work with or different subjects you want to explore, or sometimes it's just a momentary fancy.

Scars are wisdom in disguise.

Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself?