Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one.

Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.

Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.

It is often said that the Church is a crutch. Of course it's a crutch. What makes you think you don't limp?

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.

Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can create intimacy, and freedom too, for when all hearts are one, nothing else has to be one--neither clothes nor age; neither sex nor sexual preference; race nor mind-set.