"We are not social workers. We are contemplatives in the heart of the world."

"The greatest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and deserted by everybody."

"Homosexuality is not a choice, it is a sin."

"I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing – direct murder by the mother herself."

"If you want to make peace, you must have love. And if you have love, you will want to serve."