The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

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 think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

Those were some astounding lies, cub. And the very last one the most inspired of all. You have your father's talent for it.

You see, in this world, there's two kinds of people, my friend - those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.

Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.

There is a very large chunk of our population who firmly believe in extraterrestrials.

Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.

What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades.

When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm.

I'm a self-made man. Who else would help?

Music is a universal language.