Being poor is being human publicly. It is to embrace the human condition. It is to recognize that there are radical limits on me, limits of time, ultimately. There are limitations on time, there are limitations on energy, there are limitations on strength, there are limitations on courage, there are limitations on wisdom, there are limitations on knowledge. I embrace it.
Poverty is central.
Celibacy is a way of saying that very publicly. I told you that I think there is an overly romantic element in much that has been said about poverty in recent years. I think a huge amount of fatuous slop has been written about celibacy. I think that much of what has been done on celibacy in recent years is the most patent nonsense. We have all sorts of stuff saying it is perfectly possible to be celibate and a completely fulfilled and happy man or woman.