It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love.

There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of the outcast, the suspects, the maltreated, the powerless, the oppressed, the reviled ---- in short, from the perspective of those who suffer . . . to look with new eyes on matters great and small.

I believe that God both wills and is able to bring good out of everything, even the worst... I believe that even our mistakes and wrongdoing are not fruitless.

A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.