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

If a Hindu wants to find the way to God, he has the right to go to any priest, nun or any other person.

Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.

Just show up and things will happen.

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.

If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus... We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

We must know that we have been created for greater things, not just to be a number in the world, not just to go for diplomas and degrees, this work and that work. We have been created in order to love and to be loved.