The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.
If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.
If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.
Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.
In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.
Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.