The proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives. Today sometimes it seems that the opposite order is prevailing.

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.

From time to time, we must seek a resting point from which we can again be aware of the beauty of the world.

Perfect, faultless, in ruins, yes, but perfect, nevertheless.

Ask yourself this question both for current and possible future commitments: If I say yes to this, what am I saying no to?

People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious than that they are true.

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.

We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. That's too dangerous.

These two criteria are like the pillars of true love: deeds, and the gift of self.

Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful.

Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.

Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.