Deep down, we remain human, very human and have all the desires to love and be loved by one person.

- Basil Hume

The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, …

- Basil Hume

Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.

- Basil Hume

Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between g…

- Basil Hume

Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately have no meaning for us…

- Basil Hume

From aquaintances we conceal our real selves. To our friends we reveal our weaknesses.

- Basil Hume

We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.

- Basil Hume

Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last…

- Basil Hume

Soon after you're dead - we're not sure how long - but not long, you'll be united with the most ecstatic love you've ever known. As one of the best t…

- Basil Hume