The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. |
The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. |
The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. |
The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. |
The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because th |
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. |
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. |
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use. |
There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough. |
There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point. |
These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not concerned with the millions that are killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today, Abortion...For the pregnant women who don't want their children, give them to me. |
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. |
True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile |
Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile |
We are all pencils in the hand of God. |