Confession is the sacrament of the tenderness of God, his way of embracing us.

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.

If there has to be one flower that springs from the weeds, let that flower be YOU.

I wasn't into sports when I was younger. I was one of those kids who always tried to get a note from the doctor to say I had a cold so I didn't have to go play hockey in bad weather and be miserable.

I'm a comic, so I like to stay nocturnal. I work 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture.

I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and be involved with their parents.

A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide.

You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don't do it.

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

FBI wants to know everything about you, and you're not supposed to know anything about them.