Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God.

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.

If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows.

I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart that God speaks. God is the friend of silence-we need to listen to God because it's not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.

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

The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. And peace begins with a smile.

The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.