Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God.

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 who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

It's the way we deal with what fate hands us that defines who we are.

Learn to self-conquest persevere thus for a time and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair.

I'm a late developer.

These feet have walked ten thousand miles working for white folks and another ten thousand keeping up with colored.

Being too consumed in fear all the time will result in poor quality of life

I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.