Solidarity...is a structural value of the social doctrine, as Blessed John Paul II reminded us.

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 can't look at everything I've already done wrong, only the things I can choose to do right from here on out.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

I fear theology is--in the words attributed to William Temple--"still in its infancy" when it comes to animals.

Robin Williams, another person I didn't know. He is genuinely hilarious.

I don't change. The things around me change.

I'll have my way, In my own time, I'll have my say, My star will shine...

We kill with antibiotics and antiseptics, and if our slaughter is ineffectual we use surgery to expel the offending organ from our presence. We destroy the body in order to save it.

There are days when I swear I could fly like an eagle And dark desperate hours that nobody sees My arms stretched triumphant on top of the mountain My head in my hands down on my knees

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.