Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.

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.

Love and kindness are the universal language of all creation.

I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick.

She is one of God's women fashioned by His own hand to show us men and other women that there is a heaven where we can enter, and that its light can be here on earth.

... and through it all and afterwards they would be together, making their own world where nothing mattered but the things they could give to one another, the loveliness, the silence, and the peace.

When I'm putting the character together I try to find music that I think fits the character.

Look, my best friend is Xena, Warrior Princess and she is not going to like this forced wedding thing, if you get my drift.

My most disastrous date was not so much a disaster as uncomfortable for both parties involved.

I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.

The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way.

I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.