"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

"The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both."

"Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance."

"Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life."

"All money is a matter of belief."

"So, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle."

"I am different - if you can find another like me, then I will buy you dinner!"

"Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself."