When we judge, we are pushing people away; we are creating a wall, a barrier. When we forgive we are destroying barriers, we come closer to others.

To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.

[Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives.

'Going home' is a journey to the heart of who we are, a place where we can be ourselves and welcome the reality of our beauty and our pain. From this acceptance of ourselves, we can accept others as they are and we can see our common humanity.

People cannot accept their own evil if they do not at the same time feel loved, respected and trusted.

This evolution towards a real responsibility for others is sometimes blocked by fear. It is easier to stay on the level of a pleasant way of life in which we keep our freedom and our distance. But that means that we stop growing and shut ourselves up in our own small concerns and pleasures.

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.