It wasn't until Castro marched triumphantly into Cuba that you might say the whole thing grew into a Marxist revolution.

God forbid we should have great institutions. The thing is to have many small centres. The ideal is community.

How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one feel devout. The courteous gesture increases one's respect for others. To act lovingly is to begin to feel loving, and certainly to act joyfully brings joy to others which in turn makes one feel joyful. I believe we are called to the duty of delight.

I think one of the things we must constantly keep in mind is, 'If anybody hits you on one cheek, turn the other.'

Once a priest told us that no one gets up in the pulpit without promulgating a heresy. He was joking, of course, but what I suppose he meant was the truth was so pure, so holy, that it was hard to emphasize one aspect of the truth without underestimating another, that we did not see things as a whole, but through a glass darkly, as St. Paul said.

Communities are made up of the unlovable as well as the lovable.

It is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.