Every act of love is a work of peace no matter how small.

A day lived without doing something good for others is a day not worth living.

If I'd never have picked up the first person, I'd never have picked up the 42,000 in Calcutta.

The beginning of prayer is silence.

We must know that we have been created for greater things, not just to be a number in the world, not just to go for diplomas and degrees, this work and that work. We have been created in order to love and to be loved.

Joy must be one of the pivots of our life. It is the token of a generous personality. Sometimes it is also a mantle that clothes a life of sacrifice and self-giving. A person who has this gift often reaches high summits. He or she is like sun in a community.

Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me.