When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle's wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance... and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.

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.

Can a man's life be complete without his Maker?

There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.The hopers would feel slighted if they knew.

Pursue your dreams with great passion.

We do not have much but we give more.

If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so?

When people get married, it enhances their relationship and puts strains on it.

If you're a hater we make you scared to show your face. It's called success.

Reporters are faced with the daily choice of painstakingly researching stories or writing whatever people tell them. Both approaches pay the same.

People, it turns out, aren't a product of their own time. They're a product of the time before theirs

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.