We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

I belong to Jesus. He must have the right to use me without consulting me.

The Cross will be for us as it was for Christ: proof of the greatest love.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.

Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.

Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it

We are not social workers. We are contemplatives in the heart of the world.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

I fear just one thing : Money! Greed was what motivated Judas to sell Jesus

It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one.

There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.

Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbour.

If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction.

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.

Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me.

The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love.

God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.

Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on.

If you cannot feed one hundred hungry people, then just feed one really well.

When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.

People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.

We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.

To be able to proclaim the Good News to the poor we must know what is poverty.

The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

The purpose of guilt is to bring us to the Lord, after that it has no purpose.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.

A day lived without doing something good for others is a day not worth living.

Gandhi felt fascinated at knowing Christ. He met Christians, and felt let down.

A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.

Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other must start

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.

No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.

If each of us would only sweep our own doorstep, the whole World would be clean.

If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.

The poverty of the West is far more difficult to solve than the poverty of India.

Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.

Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

A joyful heart is like the sunshine of God's love, the hope of eternal happiness.

When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.

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