The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.

A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light .

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.

My family background was deeply Christian.

Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.

People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.

I find it very sad that by the time corporate science realizes the value of nature, that it may be too late

That was the worst truth of all: alone. The word was a kind of death.

Change is inevitable in a progressive society. Change is constant.

If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you.

Yes here's to the founding fathers - slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes.

I'm an extremist. Either I'm being healthy and organic, or I want a big, juicy In-N-Out burger, I want it all now! It sure makes me happy.

We live in an age where in politics, people can't disagree with each other without good faith being questioned, there is always an ulterior motive - in it for the money, advance a career.

People can think whatever they think, but that's my strength to go forward.

We are alienated, so alienated that the self must disguise itself as an extraterrestrial in order not to alarm us with the truly bizarre dimensions that it encompasses.

Just because your direction has never been clear to you does not mean that you must give up.