On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act.

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.

To smell and enjoy the beauty of this precious journey we call life, decorate yourself with luscious scenic nature.

Life with out challenge have no meaning!

Love will find its way through all languages on its own.

Do not take on a traditionally built person unless you are prepared for a heavyweight bout.

Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.

Dora and I are now married, but just as happy as we were before.

In a coma, you don't dream, you just hope that someone sits with you.

If I think something's funny, I think it's funny.

Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.

Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so.