In the poor we meet Jesus in his most distressing disguises.

Today somebody is suffering, today somebody is in the street, today somebody is hungry. ... We have only today to make Jesus known, loved, served, fed, clothed, sheltered. Do not wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow we will not have them if we do not feed them today.

It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one.

As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves but does not speak … I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have free hand.

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

It was easier to deal with poverty and death in India that the lack of spirituality in America.

God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.