“It is people who are important, not the masses.”

“Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people-- lots of people-- pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer?”

“Charity is only as warm as those who administer it.”

“Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed. ”

“We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.”

“For to Ade,...the holy man was the whole mad, the man of integrity, who not only tried to change the world, but to live in it as it was.”

“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.”