I don't think you should ever give up on trying to push the bar a little bit higher.
We should also pray for the wicked among the peoples of the world; we should love them too.
When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God. ' Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.
When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.
The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.
Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.
The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
Mind is not your intelligence.
I want to do weird things and big budget things and no budget things. I don't have a five-year plan.
I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.