Who can describe the injustice and the cruelties that in the course of centuries the peoples of color of the world have suffered at the hands of Europeans?... We and our civilization are burdened, really, with a great debt. We are not free to confer benefits on these men, or not, as we please; it is our duty. Anything we give them is not benevolence but atonement.

No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.

The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.

Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing