Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.

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.

I have learned to accept the fact that I will make mistakes at nearly every turn, but that those mistakes can be softened if I am honest about who I am to my girls.

She flipped through the pages of her apps, as if Apple made an app for "Escape from a deserted island.

I think serial monogamy says it all.

But then I realize there is never going to be a day when I stand before God and He looks at me and says, 'I wish you would have kept more for yourself.' I'm confident that God will take care of me.

When you kill time, you kill your opportunities for success.

The time you spend hating on someone robs you of your own time. You are literally hating on yourself and you don't even realize it.

When we pray, we open the door for God to come into our problems and situations and work on them.

All runners are tough. Everyone has to have a little fire in them, that even in tough times, can’t be turned off.

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.