The idea that when the health of one member suffers, the health of the whole body is lowered is a teaching of St Paul which is timeless.

The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.

If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.

I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.

We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.

Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.

No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.

The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.

Amy: Pond and her boys . . . my poncho boys. If we're going to die, let's die looking like a peruvian folk band.

Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk—essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.

Teachers are mind engineers! Teachers are life directors! Don’t ever undermine a teacher!

The question is not why should we change but rather what sort of death wish are we promoting by refusing to change?

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.

I also want to thank Arizona citizens for their efforts at conserving energy last summer.

The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail.

I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?

The quality of your life is a function of who you go through life with.

The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art.