Nobody can change your religion unless you want to and God gives you the grace. It's between you and God alone. Nobody can force you.

We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption. All the desolation of the poor people, not only their material poverty, but their spiritual destitution, must be redeemed. And we must share it, for only by being one with them can we redeem them by bringing God into their lives and bringing them to God.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.... Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.... What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. .. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.

You should never lose heart. God is merciful and kind- he has endowed you with the best gift- smile, which can make millions happy.