Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

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.

Eventually you will see that the real cause of problem is not life itself. It's the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes the problems.

Power and beauty come from a very deep place.

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

You can create an intimate community of about 20 or 25 people, and beyond that you're into a different kind of relationship.

This has been a dream for me.

The real beauty - inside, it comes from the heart, where love lives. If not, even the most common facial features can not hide the emptiness, which eventually pushes people.

[John Wheeler] rejuvenated general relativity; he made it an experimental subject and took it away from the mathematicians

I love my mother Ali so much. I'm a momma's boy. I just have a very cool mom. It's not as though I had any say in the matter. I'm just really fortunate. She's the most kind, loving, giving woman.

Like I always say, it's a team effort. A lot of behind the scenes work goes in when we're at home.

Team Obama is exploiting the power of high government office to intimidate lawful, peaceful contributors who support limited-government causes.