Peace is a daily commitment. It is a homemade peace.

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.

Regret is a painful thing. Few people understand that there are three important things that leave us and can never return. Words. Time. Opportunity. These are things we can never get back.

God is really another artist. He invented the giraffe the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.

Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life.

Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?

We think of history as another specialization, like philosophy of language, rather than as something that informs everything we do and think.

This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.

I'm from a little town called Settle in North Yorkshire, so it's amazing that I get to travel everyday and I get to see such crazy sh*t everyday.

It's nice to be given a role where you can really find the strength from within, as a woman, and to be heard.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.