When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history.

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.

He would never be that way again. He would never have the power of that specific kind of not-knowing.

Writing is a leap of faith. But how wonderful that the person you're putting faith in is yourself.

An actor should refine public taste.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The primary conflict, I think, is between people whose interests are with already well-established economic activities, and those whose interests are with the emergence of new economic activities.

And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!

I'm not so sure that the value of art is all it is cracked up to be.

There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.

To the God in myself is probably the most honest answer. I think everybody has a divine destiny.