To the extent that we sow love where there is hate and light where there is darkness, each in his or her own walk in life, we can heal, enlighten, and unify.

I'm reluctant to draw many conclusions from private correspondence leaked without permission.

[Pope Francis] has reminded us that the way we live our lives is the most important expression of our Catholic identity.

We have perhaps all said things in unguarded moments that we would not want printed in newspapers.

Worst thing about Al Smith dinner : it was another reminder of how far we are from the amity between opposing sides that is needed for effective governance.

I've never met anyone who has changed his mind or deepened his faith because he has been confronted with such angry condemnations.

Best thing about Al Smith dinner: Cardinal Dolan got the candidates together for a brief prayer before going out on the stage.

No doubt the [presedential] campaigns have reflected some anxiety, anger, and resentment in the nation at large, and we must try to understand these attitudes in the electorate.

I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

Although I don't believe in God, Bach's music shows me what a love of God must feel like.

Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and Eve are, simply, painfully ungrateful for what God gave.

I got into comedy so I could stay out all night.

We shouldn't deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.

O virtue, I have followed you through life, and find you at last but a shade.

Every day it gets easier to look into my own eyes on the mirror and say, "I love you just the way you are."

It is very important to learn to weigh up objectively (or assess intuitively) the totality of the competitive and psychological factors.

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.