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.

We have to remind ourselves constantly that we are not saviours. We are simply a tiny sign, among thousands of others, that love is possible, that the world is not condemned to a struggle between oppressors and oppressed, that class and racial warfare is not inevitable.

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.

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

One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals.

We discover that we are at the same time very insignificant and very important, because each of our actions is preparing the humanity of tomorrow; it is a tiny contribution to the construction of the huge and glorious final humanity

Love is to recognize that the other person is a person, is precious, is important and has value.