It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life’s journey…

We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

We have to learn that personal suffering is a more effective key, a more rewarding principle for exploring the world in thought and action than personal good fortune.

Let it be love, not the power of position that guides you for your success.

That the situation appears hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.

The sky outside the window was changing rapidly from deep, velvety blue to cold, steely gray and then, slowly, to pink shot with gold.

You can't really live in the past because the present is always present.

The Principle which gives life dwells in us, and without us, is undying and beneficent, is not heard or seen or smelt, but it is perceived by the man who desires perception.

I'm especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women

Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

Erdogan wants an old-fashioned Islam, if you will, for lack of a better term.

I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.