I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.

The motivation of all religious practice is similar: love, sincerity, honesty. The way of life of practically all religious persons is consistent. The teachings of tolerance, love, and compassion are the same.

On a daily basis, you must take more care of your mind than just money, money, money!

A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

Each of us must learn to work not just for one self, one's own family or one's nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

Spirituality actually must be above politics. Or some other sort of business.