Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.

When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them.

Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.

There could be a 'community of communities' rather than a state. They would be united in some way but without any governing body. It would be made up of unions, credit unions instead of banks. There would be no more lending at interest. There would be no more money lenders.

Two years ago, I was saying as I planted seeds in the garden, "I must believe in these seeds, that they fall into the earth and grow into flowers and radishes and beans." It is a miracle to me because I do not understand it. The very fact that they use glib technical phrases does not make it any less a miracle, and a miracle we all accept. Then why not accept God's miracles?

These powerless people at the bottom are the ones with whom we must begin. They must have the insight and the knowledge to work together and recognise that they are on the right track.

The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.