We must see Christ in the disturbing disguise of the poor.

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

Keep your heart pure. A pure heart is necessary to see God in each other. If you see God in each other, there is love for each other, then there is peace.

She lived almost fifty years of her life completely dedicated to the care of the poor and the marginalized. Astonishingly, for those nearly fifty years she identified completely with the poor she served by her own experience of being seemingly unwanted and unloved by God. In a mystical way — through this painful interior "darkness" — she tasted their greatest poverty of being "unwanted, unloved, and uncared for."

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us.

If you try, you will find it impossible to do one great thing. You can only do many small things with great love.