I say somewhat facetiously, "I'm so glad I'm not God." Can you imagine being God and looking at Syria and saying: "These are my children. Look at what they're doing to each other."

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.

When the humility of someone is undermined, whether I like it or not mine is undermined as well.

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.

The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.

All people would really want peace and all would want to be sure that they would not be taken advantage of.