If we live according to the law "an eye for an eye...," we will never escape from the spiral of evil.

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.

Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.

There is one government with which we keep diplomatic relations, the government of Mexico, with which we have good relations. Our systems are different. We respect their system.

It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky.

Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it.

The whole thing that makes a mathematician’s life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.

The true aim of female education should be, not a development of one or two, but all the faculties of the human soul, because no perfect womanhood is developed by imperfect culture.

When I moved to Los Angeles, my goal was to gain respect - whether it's in big or small projects - and as long as the work is good I'm happy.

I used to go into the studio around midnight and stay all night.

Paul reminds us that in the Gospel we are both brought lower and raised higher than we can imagine.