"A shepherd must smell of his sheep."

"The only way to fight against hunger is to fight against the poverty that causes it."

"We have forgotten to weep. We have forgotten to weep for the victims of war, for the poor, for the discarded."

"What are we doing with our children? We are making them into little monsters."

"A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person…"