It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.

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.

The cost of ignorance is high and it can erode life, vision and wealth to the barren grounds of poverty and perplexity.

One of the hardest things in life to realize is that the person you love could never love you like you love them.

My father had a couple of kids at the beginning of the Depression. There was not much employment. Not much welfare. People barely got by. People were tougher then.

Without my family, I'd be something.

Renewing the promise of America begins with upholding the dignity of human life.

Policeman are soldiers who act alone; soldiers are policeman who act in unison.

For it is the working people who have their hands on the machinery. And only by stopping the machinery of destruction can we ever hope to stop this madness.

None are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.

Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life.

Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!