Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the church.

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 never lose. Either I win or learn.

As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to reconnect with a long-held love.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself.

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

The end of creation is that all things may return to the Creator and be united with Him.

What I ate for breakfast on school mornings was one buttered roll--a soft roll, not a hard roll--and one cup of cocoa; any attempt to alter this menu I regarded as a plot to poison me.

There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.

My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.