Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

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.

Become skilled in the process of selecting whom you allow into your circle of influence.

What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become.

I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

The craziest thing about TV directing is I turned in a version, and then they made their final changes - so I don't know what they are. So I'm like, "Ooo, I'm dying to see the final print."

All media can muddy the mind. Language leads to literature. It also leads to dogma.

Well I thought my pickin' would set them on fire, but nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.

Love may be blind, but if you've ever known a blind person, they still know where everything is.

In order to help people, you have to first learn how to help yourself.