If we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time will use for us.

You just can’t say that, just as you can’t say that all Christians are fundamentalists. We have our share of them (fundamentalists). All religions have these little groups.

The love of God is not generic. God looks with love upon every man and woman, calling them by name.

Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for those who lack the basics, who are alone.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good.

An evangelizer must never look like someone who has just come back from a funeral.