What drives me, and what always has, is that I am still looking for my place.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

There's nothing I'd really rather do, or can do, except cook.

The next time a prostitute solicits your business, ask for the clergyman's rate.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

The plastic surgeon's knife slashes at time, which may seem to retreat, but then keeps on coming.

It really is a very radical call ... to reject materialism as our central value and to think about the sanctity of life and what that really means if we take it seriously.

In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.