We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. BUt the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyses: 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you.' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attracting, not proselytizing.

Where there is calumny, there is Satan himself.

Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a person: Jesus in our midst.

There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously.

We live in an age rather skeptical of truth, of its existence." There is a "tendency to believe that nothing is definitive, and think that the truth is given by consent or by what we want. The question arises: does "the" truth really exist? What is "the" truth? Can we know it? Can we find it?

A person who is not convinced, enthusiastic, certain and in love, will convince nobody.

Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom!