Life itself is a haphazard, untidy, messy affair.

What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do.

The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.

God forbid we should have great institutions. The thing is to have many small centres. The ideal is community.

"How can you see Christ in people?" And we only say: It is an act of faith, constantly repeated. It is an act of love, resulting from an act of faith. It is an act of hope, that we can awaken these same acts in their hearts, too, with the help of God.

Communities are made up of the unlovable as well as the lovable.

Some have more capacity. Some proceed a few steps along the way. But Christ seemed to love all men. He desired all to be saved.