- “A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.”
- “The world tells us to seek success, power, and money; God tells us to seek humility, service, and love.”
- “We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor.”
- “Who am I to judge?”
– (Speaking about acceptance and mercy.)
- “Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved.”
- “You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works.”
- “Kindness is firm and persevering intention to always will the good of others, even the unfriendly.”
- “The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need.”
- “Take care of creation. But above all, take care of people in need.”
- “The family is the foundation of co-existence and a remedy against social fragmentation.”
