Castro wasn't a Marxist. He was a Catholic educated by the Christian Brothers and the Jesuits. But fundamentally, I'm not talking about practising Catholics, but rather about something which is inbred; that is, a part of your country, your heritage, your life.

It is not easy always to be joyful, to keep in mind the duty of delight.

Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

If you are going to try and change things, you had better have your wits about you.

The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.

Voluntary poverty isn't going around with some burlap bag around you and imitating the poor. It means being indifferent to the material, doing as Christ said. He went and sat down with the rich and Zachaeus and publicans and sinners.

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