The greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion, which is war against the child. The mother doesn't learn to love, but kills to solve her own problems. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.

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

My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.

Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.

You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.

If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that.

I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order.