Gerald Vann

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth.

To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.

Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud.

A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.