People have filled an enormously important role in my life - more than books! For me, it's not the formal advising or the therapy that meant so much. It was more the fact that someone committed himself or herself to me. They were really interested in my life; they wanted to know what I was doing; they followed me; they dared to confront and challenge me.

We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in creation and have to decide to entertain ourselves until we die. But we were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Once we start living our lives with that conviction, we will soon know what we were sent to do.

The Church is the body of Christ fashioned by baptism & the Eucharist.

The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?

The difference between rich and poor is not that the rich sin is more than the poor, that the rich find it easier to call sin a virtue.

We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.

The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be.