At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.

It is not possible to speak of the right to choose when a clear moral evil is involved, when what is at stake is the commandment, Do not kill!

Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.

To students: I pray that all those young people who have graduated, do not carry just a piece of paper with them but that they carry with them love, peace and joy. That they become the sunshine of God's love to our people, the hope of eternal happiness and the burning flame of love wherever they go. That they become carriers of God's love. That they be able to give what they have received. For they have received not to keep, but to share.

Whenever you share love with others, you'll notice the peace that comes to you and to them.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted by everybody. The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference towards one's neighbor who lives at the roadside, the victim of exploitation, corruption, poverty, and disease.

I do make conversion, if conversion means really turning people to God - to have a clean heart and to love God. That's the real conversion.