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

True peace can rarely be imposed from the outside; it must be born within and between communities through meetings and dialogue and then carried outward.

A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it is fed up with visitors - is dying spiritually.

If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.

Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24)

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.