"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action."

"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go."

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost when health is lost, something is lost when character is lost, all is lost."

"There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war."

"If borrowing and spending all this money led to more jobs than we would be at full employment already."

"Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something who's just getting started."