And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.

God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering.

All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.

There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.

In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell.

There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.

After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.

It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.

We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.

Tell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed.

A guy in Pennsylvania was arrested because he was drunk in his golf cart going from bar to bar. So they arrested him. I said: Wait a minute. Isn't that golf?

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

You are judged on your last game no matter how many you have banked.

People like it when they understand something that they previously thought they couldn't understand. It's a sense of empowerment.

We like to invent new disciplines or look at new problems, and invent bandwagons rather than jump on them.

The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.

Government does not have magic powers. In fact, the opposite is true; it is the least effective agency invented by man.

I am a very impatient director.

I was in a Paris for four or five days and I couldn't believe the reaction I got there. It was just bizarre; people recognizing me left and right.