Our mission as Christians is to conform ourselves evermore to Jesus as the model of our lives.

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.

Listening is more important than solutioning.

I hate when the sun is high and there are no shadows. If I could do super high-budget movies, I would only shoot when the sun starts to get low - but you can't just shoot for four hours every day.

We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.

One of the key insights of the systems approach has been the realization that the network is a pattern that is common to all life. Wherever we see life, we see networks.

[Malipiero's advice to Casanova.] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.

I love fashion. Over the past year I've got heavily into it.

No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be.

Why is it good for football to take the excitement away from fans by overcharging them for tickets to see their team?

I'm not the one buying love. He's the one buying love.

People have a vested interest in promoting one set of polices rather than finding out what the truth is.