We were an extraordinary paradox. We are finite creatures made for the infinite.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

No peace is impossible when people are determined to achieve it

The things [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge papal mansion and just dropped by in the dining room where ordinary people have meals. You think of his background, where he didn't use limousines in South America, that he used public transport.

It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success.

The world is awful but also the world is beautiful. Human beings are awful, but ultimately human beings are tremendous.

Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, "God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?"