Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.

The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.

If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.

I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Look at the face of the other... discover that he has a soul, a history and a life, that he is a person and that God loves this person.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

. . . dreams are your heart's playground.

The guy in your book? I’m that guy, ”“I’ve never done any of the stuff in that book, ” she said, “But I want to. I’ve wanted to for a while.

Whether we are in the city, the countryside, or the wilderness, we need to sustain ourselves by choosing our surroundings carefully and nourishing our awareness in each moment.

You know, it's not the world I would have wanted, for sure.

One difference between successful people and all the rest is that successful people take action.

Love is what we are in our essence, and the more love we feel in our hearts, the more it will be brought to us.

If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom there.

A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.

Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over.