The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life.

Its very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world.

We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.

Taking the life of another is always a moral crime.

I see the work the pope has to do. It is a huge responsibility. Nobody campaigns for it.

Hugging makes a tender heart.

The dream that wakened me pushed at the veil of consciousness but could not burst through, and I was left wondering what I had known just a moment before.

It takes a year to be collectively known as "intelligent" but it takes a lifetime to be distinguished as "wise

The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ.

It is not by his mixing and choosing, but by the shapes of his colors, and the combination of those shapes, that we recognize the colorist. Color becomes significant only when it becomes form.

Mike Wallace's interviews may make great television, but they don't produce great evidence.

We see very few people who are satisfied. They say that the only ones who are really happy are the enlightened or the fools.

It's true that all men are pigs. The trick is to tame one who knows how to find truffles.

You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.