All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves.

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.

A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to the poor, and a community life through which all its members can grow in their own gift.

The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters. The response to injustice is to share. The response to despair is a limitless trust and hope. The response to prejudice and hatred is forgiveness. To work for community is to work for humanity. To work for peace is to work for a true political solution; it is to work for the Kingdom of God. It is to work to enable every one to live and taste the secret joys of the human person united to the eternal.

The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong

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.

A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the community'.