Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.

People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.

In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity.

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

I don't have the power to issue papal decrees.

Everything that we do has a spiritual essence. There is a spiritual dimension in everything. All of life has meaning and everything that you do in life is in preparation for your great meeting. This great meeting is your meeting with your Lord, which is absolutely inevitable.

Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.