Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.

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.

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.

Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.

Rich people can´t afford to waste time.

we were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate. It's true. I react and others pay.

We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?

So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite people who are different, and we listen to each other, people of different class groups.

I can't eat chicken and look at strippers at the same time.

When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather than how famous you are.

The man who has truly believed in his heart ... his life will be marked by a biblical confession of Christ in word and deed.

With each movie I have a different set of inspirations.

To thee, fair Freedom! I retire From flattery, cards, and dice, and din: Nor art thou found in mansions higher Than the low cot, or humble inn.