Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

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.

Inequality is the root of social evil.

Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.

Raging over something that is invaluable can portray an individual's sense of immaturity and lack of understanding about his or her actual needs for survival.

God expects fruits from every calling, every talent and every gift

To take Christ into our well-ordered, well-kept lives is in many ways to ask for trouble, for he will not leave well enough alone.

It is important to pray for peace. . . But you must also take actions to make that happen. Every single day.

Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies.

The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.

Urban design as a discipline barely exists in most American and Canadian cities. In Singapore, there are innovative transportation strategies at work.

I've always loved fairy tales and magic - especially twisting them on their ears and poor trolls have always had such a bad rep.

Of all human lamentations, without doubt, the most common is if only I had known. But we can't know, and so days of death and fire so often begin no differently than those of love and warmth.