In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

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.

you find yourself repeating, ‘They grow up so quickly, don’t they?’ when all you really mean is: time goes faster for me nowadays.

In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

What if, tomorrow is your last day on earth? Think!

Remember Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards and in high heels.

Abortion can never be safe. Any procedure where "success" means the killing of another human being can certainly not be safe.

It seems to me self-evident that if you have a life, things happen in it, and certain things do change; certain things end. People you know die.

I believe in guilt. There's not enough guilt around these days for my taste.

I've never made a plan for my life. I have just taken whatever opportunities have come and been very genuine with them.

I am a dark-skinned, nappy-headed, scar-faced dude from the streets of Brooklyn. I can't hide from being who I am. It's all over my face.

It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story of who you are at the time, and that's the wonderful thingabout it.