The Lord is always there waiting to give us his love: it is an amazing thing, one which never ceases to surprise 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.

A book is a good substitute for a man. Fiction, preferably

Adversity is mountain in adventure

Life should imitate romance literature far more often.

No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.

Still all the day the iron wheels go onward, Grinding life down from its mark.

What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

Love is a thousand things, but at the center is a choice.

The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin.

Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.

Nobody knows you better than you do.