Peace is the language we must speak.

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.

No thought is a stupid thought, those who are thoughtless are thought of as stupid.

You make me want things that I can't have.

Can you imagine what will happen if just for one day the sun forgot to rise?

I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand the way I live.

If we don't make earnest moves toward real solutions, then each day we move one day closer to revolution and anarchy in this country. This is the sad, and yet potentially joyous, state of America.

To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.

Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.

We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when it comes to business.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.