It is more necessary than ever to intensify liturgical life ... by means of an appropriate formation ... of all the faithful.

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.

If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.

War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.

Some wounds were worth bearing for the healing they brought.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question!

Progress is the mother of all problems.

Democracy will be dead by 1950.

To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.

I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved.

I think the beautiful thing about acting is you don't really know who you are. You're able to be whatever you want any day during the week.

I was baptized into Christ. I died when He died. Sin’s power over me has been broken, in Jesus’ name!