Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross

I am being a minister of light and a destroyer of ignorance and I shall never keep quiet until this horrendous mountain is pulled down in my country, in the church of Christ and in my continent.

Sometimes to walk in shaded parts of Manhattan is to be inserted into a Magritte: the street is night while the sky is day.

If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.

The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far.

I have tried," I said, "but he does not believe me. It is too late for that now" (it is always too late for truth, I thought).

God gave us Jesus who is The Way.

When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward.

I have drunken deep of joy.

It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.