The Philippines bear witness to the youthfulness and vitality 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.

Speak to the breeze cautiously during those lonely summer nights.

Creating a complete picture of a company financial health, by looking at periodic financial statements, is like turning a hamburger into a cow

I often get disoriented on stage. Half the time I don't even know where I am.

Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during daydreaming and aimless wandering

in certain crises direct expression of sympathy is the least possible to those who most feel sympathy.

I am an atheist, I have no religious beliefs. And obviously I don’t believe in spirituality of some kind.

I spent my life - all my life - learning to wrestle. It's the only means of livelihood I've ever had and, uh, the only gimmick that I have in wrestling is wrestling.

Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than our own weakness, however small we may be.

The dreams of youth are the regrets of maturity.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.