The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be

Men are only as great as they are kind.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly.112 They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own—not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me.

I think one of my best qualities is my ability to empathize with people. Perhaps it's because my journey has been so bumpy.

When somebody comes across as authentic and genuine and sweet, people just want to spend time with that person.

If you want to be holy, be kind.

There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.

The very word mercy is derived from the Latin miserum cor, a sorrowful heart. Mercy is, therefore, a compassionate understanding of another's unhappiness.

A person is merciful when he feels the sorrow and misery of another as if it were his own.

The depth of a priest's compassion is the measure of his apostolic success.

Always touched with sympathy for human infirmities, we bear the burden of nations in our hearts.