Let's return to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.

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.

O little one, My little one, Come with me, Your life is done. Forget the future, Forget the past. Life is over: Breathe your last.

Adoration drives obedience, but throughout history people are prone to forget the faithfulness of God yesterday.

Always ask yourself why God created me? If you know the answer, you are on the right path .

...patriotism has become a narrow offensive sentiment which as long as it lives will maintain war and exhaust the world

The needle of our conscience is as good a compass as any.

It's fool's gold if you are winning games and are not playing the right way.

And it's a hard, It's a hard, It's a hard, It's a hard, It's a hard rain gonna fall.

Ive always loved the idea of mythologies linked to or underlying everyday life, like the kami gods of Shintoism, where every rock, tree and stream has its own little god associated with it.

My head has got regrets, but I haven't.

For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both.