"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty."

"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

"There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible."

"Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus."

"Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"We build too many walls and not enough bridges."

"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."