Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

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.

Stop walking through life with things or people that are capable of slowing you down.

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

Never argue with a fool, people might not notice the difference

I am always more interested in what I am about to do than in what I have already done.

Art makes nothing happen in a way that makes something happen.

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

Second guessing a decision is a waste of time.

Like a tree losing its leaves. I forget even the thing I was thinking.

Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.