Let us be renewed by God's mercy ... and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish.

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.

Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away.

[T]he craft of science . . . is an oral tradition as much as a written one.

The moment you blame life for who you are is that very moment you ignore your talents and inner abilities to change the world.

The only reason I'm writing this down is to show how human reason, even very sharp and exact human reason, can get crazily confused and thrown off the track.

But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.

The weak against the strong, Is always in the wrong.

Digital doesn't interest me. It's too many steps removed from the actual tactile thing. I still read books. I don't read online.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.