Cheerfulness is a sign of a generous and mortified person who forgetting all things, even herself, tries to please her God in all she does for souls. Cheerfulness is often a cloak which hides a life of sacrifice and a continual union with God.

We cannot really know God if we do not pray.

In Calcutta alone, we have given more than 1,000 children in adoption. I cannot calculate how many babies we get a year. But we never refuse anybody. Everybody is most welcome.

Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.

God speaks in the silence of the heart.

What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on.

Love - the more you share with others, the more you have.