Our poor people are great people, a very lovable people, They don't need our pity and sympathy. They need our understanding love and they need our respect. We need to tell the poor that they are somebody to us that they, too, have been created, by the same loving hand of God, to love and be loved.

From the moment a soul has the grace to know God, she must seek.

Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.

It is not enough for us to say: I love God, but I do not love my neighbour. St. John says you are a liar if you say you love God and you don't love your neighbour. How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbour whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live.

True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love

It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.

How sad it is when someone comes to you looking for Jesus and all they see is you.