Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.

Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.

Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

Never Hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.

I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Kindness is gracious demonstrate sensitivity and human warmth.

A kindergarten teacher is a woman who knows how to make little things count.

Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.

Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action.

There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and they seem to be stuck there for a reason, and I start singing them.

I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.

Don't play safe. Cook outside of your comfort zone, otherwise you're just going to do the same things.