The Work is something living in our hearts and minds. Follow the path, see what changes take place within you, and what light begins to dawn in you.
Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.
Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.
If you have two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.
Be a harsh critic of your own wins.
Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value. " We can do so through courageous protest, as happened in Germany, as well, as in compassionate care for the most vulnerable members of society, as Mother Teresa did. In both approaches theology - what one believes about God and human life - matters. The world desperately needs that good news.