Purity is the fruit of prayer.
I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve becuase I love Jesus.
I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.
Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.
Be faithful in the little things, for in them our strength lies. To the good God nothing is little, because He is so great and we are so small.
Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious.
They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that’s the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.
From the moment a soul has the grace to know God, she must seek.
Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.
We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.
The more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you.
Without our suffering, our work would simply be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption.
People are not hungry just for bread, they are hungry for love.
We must never get into the habit of being preoccupied with the future. There is no reason to do so. God is there.
Give people not only your care, but also your heart.
Do not look for Jesus away from yourselves. He is not out there; He is in you. Keep your lamp burning, and you will recognize him.
Don’t expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship.
I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness.
Joy is the characteristic by which God uses us to re-make the distressing into the desired, the discarded into the creative. Joy is prayer-Joy is strength-Joy is love-Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
To be able to proclaim the Good News to the poor we must know what is poverty.