Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years.

Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.

What does the divine sufferer (Jesus) demand from us? Only our faith, our love, our grateful praise, our consecrated hearts and lives. Is that too much to ask?

Sex is front-page copy everywhere. [But] nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.

Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together.

Angels belong to a uniquely different dimension of creation which we, limited to the natural order, can scarcely comprehend.

I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't analyze people.