Some people believe that - pardon my language - in order to be good Catholics, we should be like rabbits. No.

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.

Emotions form pure, profound bondsEmotions may blind us but they bind us.

Beauty will never fade away from the eyes of those who love one another.

When you break rules, break 'em good and hard

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

You don't buy them; they don't come in package.

I don't like celebrity programmes - but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves.

You need to have honest things in the world. Even if people don't understand it, if it's coming from you, that's already important.

I make a lot of expressions constantly. I'm animated.

...I am not attacking any particular God or gods. I am attacking God, all gods, anything and everything supernatural, whenever or wherever they have been or will be invented.