"You were taught in the seminary that you've got to be a missionary to bring Christ to the people. Then you get here, and you find that Christ's already here, he's already with the people. You learn the beauty of the people. That's the most important thing of all."

"What a man has done bores everybody, but what he is going to do is always delightful."

"Disillusions all come from within...from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!"

"... entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death ..."

"It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field."

"Disappointments—like fate and love—will not bear to be too much talked about."

"Faults! I adore faults! I can never find too many in any creature."

"Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends."

"Ideals, my dear Golightly, are the root of every evil. When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then."

"A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew."

"What is beautiful is right: what is unbeautiful is wrong."

"Dearest, every man—even the most cynical—has one enthusiasm—he is earnest about some one thing; the all-round trifler does not exist. If there is a skeleton—there is also an idol in the cupboard!"

"To die for one's great ideas is glorious—and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability."

"We should make no distinctions, but implement the higher principle, namely living together harmoniously. We must especially heed the concern of poverty and free expression which are violated by certain super-imposed structures."

"Great spiritual desolation purified her soul during a great portion of her religious life, but she cheerfully took the royal road of the cross."

"The story of Hanukkah is actually important for all faiths. We can all find inspiration in it, because it is a celebration of religious liberty, the right to practice one's religion according to the dictates of one's own conscience. That's what was at stake for the Maccabees in Israel one hundred sixty-four years before Christ. That's what is at stake today around the globe."

"I hope to continue simply to bring Jesus Christ to people and walk with them, and hopefully be a good listener to people along the way."

"His episcopal administration of the Leavenworth Diocese was eminently successful. The growth of the Church under his jurisdiction was marked by the foundation of new congregations, and the building of churches and parochial schools. Catholic societies were strengthened and the diocesan statutes revised to enforce the decrees of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore under present conditions. He adopted practical means of enforcing the papal "Motu Proprio"' on Church music."

"The Church and her members have a moral responsibility to engage the culture and political world in which we live."

"The bishop's solicitude was not limited to the general needs of the diocese; it extended also to the wants of the children and the needy."

"I am impressed by the way God created this world. The damage can be repaired in many instances. But we have to pull together and we have to be responsible. We have an obligation not to destroy just for the sake of today or for the sake of destroying."

"It is my firm belief, that any devotion that leads the faithful to a more frequent and fruitful celebration of the sacraments, especially reconciliation and the most holy Eucharist, deserves to be supported."

"I think of the stable where Jesus was born and the smell of oxen, donkeys, sheep and wet wool. The reality of the stable is brought home to me: it was a bare, smelly, dirty and unlikely place for the Son of God to born, a poor place. Yet, isn't that just like God? To do the unexpected? The surprising? The mystery of Christmas is that it happened at all."

"We, as Catholics, must do what we can to promote peace and respect and restore the trust and security upon which healthy human relationships depend."

"Since young people can often be the best evangelizers of their own age group, it would be wise to attract these youth, who can be leaders, and have them spiritually grounded in the teachings of Our Lord and of His Church. Young people should be challenged and educated to use their God-given graces and talents now, for the greater honor and glory of the God who loves them and calls each of them by name."

"He had proved himself a zealous pastor of souls, a wise and prudent ruler, a fearless defender of truth. He was foremost in encouraging every missionary movement, and his zeal for Christian education was one of the dominant purposes of his life."

"It's politically correct only to speak of those things that are subjective, only to speak of those things that you determine "work for you," they may not "work for me." We're in a prison with that. They want to break out of that prison that holds them bound. Once they know the truth – and the truth is Christ – that sets them free. And then their acts of freedom are rooted in Christ."

"The record of his administration shows a character entirely disinterested and unselfish united to a poverty truly apostolic."

"A wise ruler, a devout priest, and notable for his practical work."

"We claim a space among the people of God and not one of us can be left out. We must first acknowledge that we belong here, that this is our rightful place. God desires us to be here. God desires you and me to recognize our sacred calling as His children, and to give witness."

"John Quinlan, Dominic Manucy, and Jeremiah O'Sullivan... these men possessed marked ability and were positive and uplifting forces in the life of the State."

"It seems to be a conceded point now among those who are leading the way in our church that the Church of Rome has all the wisdom, and it must follow that, while some are striving to gain that wisdom, some will, as a matter of course, remain unquiet until they can gain the religious graces which she alone bestows with that wisdom."

"Once people fall in love with Jesus Christ, they want to know everything about him. My experience has always been that kids will evangelize their peers"

"The stringency of these regulations at once aroused opposition; yet the first elections held in conclave proved that the principle was right."

"Our preaching is an inherently priestly act, it's forming people with love with the Gospel of Christ. How we do it is really the key."

"This news causes me a great sorrow. I feel utterly unworthy of such dignity and incapable of properly discharging its duties. What shall I do? God only knows."

"A man of wide reading, acute mind, and judicial temperament, a lover of order and method, he has devoted himself to the task."

"We as Christians and as Catholics should not be told by anyone to violate our conscience, that's between us and God."

"I saw the world change in the almost fifty years I've been a priest and the twelve years I've been a bishop, we never know what the future is going to hold. If we can make that act of faith that Jesus will never leave us, that he will be with us until the end of time, we can move forward with confidence."

"It is absolutely necessary to have committed Catholics in the field of communications, not as a fifth column to infiltrate in hostile territory but as a group of convinced believers who can and should bring Christian and Catholic values to their professional life."

"As a priest I have tried to contribute to the formation of lay men and women and to animating their active role in the Church's mission of Evangelization. As a Bishop, I hope to continue doing so. In my ministry I hope to make visible and real the Church's preferential option for the poor."

"I was struck by the sense of responsibility shown by everyone in the Vatican, and the weightiness of the issues they dealt with. I came away with a heightened respect for the ordinaries of all the dioceses — the amazing amount of responsibility they have and the commitment they have to their obligations and their people."

"I can't imagine being as happy as I have been as a priest. Not that there have not been struggles and ups and downs — but there is in every vocation! Marriage has ups and downs; religious life also! But I cannot imagine finding the same joy that I have in my priesthood and as bishop that I would have had I not chosen the vocation God created me for."

"The long-term solution to illegal immigration is not militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border, but economic development in poor nations."

"The diocese's promise is enormous, and with God's help, and that of Catholics in places such as Australia, I will continue to bring this promise to fruition."

"Whenever I have a rough day, in the gym or competition, I just know God gave me this talent. I need to use it and not waste it."

"It's not as if the Catholic church can do whatever it wants. As Catholics, we believe that God gave us some things and left some things are for us to figure out on our own. Ultimately, it makes no apologies because it's an object of faith. It's not just another club."