I will never tire from repeating my commitment to ensuring that every Brazilian can have breakfast, lunch and supper every day.

Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us.

The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries of the world.

Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe

When I see Messi - who is the best player in the world in my opinion - lose the ball, he runs off until he gets it back or commits a foul. Our guys lose the ball and fold their arms.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global

Well-fed people can enhance their dignity, their health and their learning capacity. Putting resources into social programs is not expenditure. It is investment.

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.

The clever cannot catch the genius

At some point in my early forties I realized that my primary goal in just about any verbal exchange is to lighten the mood.

No matter what happens around us, or to us, through love, our soul reaches immortality, conquering all dimensions and all destinies.

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.

Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.

Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for al-Qaida and groups like it is really bad, and that's a good thing.

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.

I do love the idea of ritual.