One truly must have suffered oneself to help others.

If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.

Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other- it doesn't matter who it is- and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.

Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

We never had any problem from them. Jyoti Basu has been very kind to us. He was the one who told me "Mother, please do something for these (jail) girls. He has been helpful and always accessible to us over phone. We also never had any problem whenever we wanted to meet him.

People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.