"This, after all, is the greatest rationality: knowing that life is much more than all our accounts, than all our reas…"

"An economic crisis, however serious, never has such a profound impact on the individual conscience as the desolate la…"

"Actions only make sense if we try to grasp their meanings."

"The very act of praying every morning introduces us to a day that is more open to hope; which is never just for ourse…"

"When certainties fail, we can only save ourselves on that raft where solidarity with others gives meaning to our sacr…"

"Only an inner education allows us to look at reality and distinguish what really matters."

"Some ideals are strong bulwarks, while others fade away, leaving behind an unsustainable backlash."

"Italians are, in practice, illiterate. It is an emotional illiteracy that prevents us from understanding others."

"Nothing gives a person the same strength to resist adversity and pain as Christian, Pascalian hope."

"We must educate ourselves to recognize our inner resonances when we meet others, work, and dream."