But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings, enfolded in weakness and in hope, called together to change our world one heart at a time. (163)

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

When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who understand and listen to them.

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.

To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.

The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life and says: 'you are a human person: important, mysterious, infinitely precious, what you have to say is important because it flows from a humn person; in you there are those seeds of the infinite, those germs of love... of beauty which must rise from the earth of your misery so humanity be fulfilled. If you do not rise then something will be missing... Rise again because we all need you... be loved beloved.'

The belly laugh is the best way to evacuate anguish.