All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance. |
Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus. |
Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus. |
I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another. |
I have a lot to be humble about, ... I'd like to say that it's the happiest day of my life, but it isn't: The happiest day of my life was when I was anointed a Catholic priest. |
It didn't matter that there were actually two lakes there, ... It didn't matter that he had only $300 in his pocket. He had the gall, or the zeal, to call it not a school, or a college, but a university. |
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them. |
It's like having a cobra in the nursery with your grandchildren. You get rid of the cobra or you won't have any grandchildren. |
My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they're popular; you make them because they're right. |
The greatest fallout of the space program, ... was not the close-up view of the moon, but a look at spaceship Earth from afar. For the first time in the history of humanity, we were able to see our planet for what it really is. |
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. |
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. |
The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. |
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. |
There's only one way to do it, ... That is to put yourself in the hands of the Holy Spirit and the Blessed Mother. You will see heartbreaks as well as days of great joy. There will be celebration as well as days of mourning in this church. But with the Holy Spirit behind you and the Holy Mother inspiring you, these will be great years. |