Let me thus praise You in the way You love best: by shining on those around me. Let me preach You without preaching, not by words, but by my example, by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to You. Amen.

We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.

If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers.

Peace begins with a smile.

Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.

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

Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?