The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.

The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

The Church is a mother, and her motherly attention is expressed with special tenderness and closeness to those who are obliged to flee their own country and exist between rootlessness and integration.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.