If we act like children of God, knowing that he loves us, our lives will be made new, filled with serenity and joy.

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.

Sometimes, the embers are better then the campfire. It's strange, but it's true.

Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).

Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.

Many of the biggest and most far-reaching investments we make in our lives are investments that have little or nothing to do with money.

There are some things you can't learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.

You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.

I love the sea with its impenetrable fathoms, its wash and undertow, and rasp of shingle sucked anew.

He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients - no, three, I think - yes, it was three; I attended their funerals.

It's mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It's not feeding the starving millions. It's feeding a luxury market.

I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.