Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts: then it is real and pure.

I was asked why I did not give a rod with which to fish, in the hands of the poor, rather than give the fish itself as this makes them remain poor. So I told them: The people whom we pick up are not able to stand with a rod. So today I will give them fish and when they are able to stand, then I shall send them to you and you can give them the rod. That is your job. Let me do my work today.

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

God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.

The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.

If in coming face to face with God we accept Him in our lives, then we are converting. We become a better Hindu, a better Muslim, a better Catholic, a better whatever we are. ... What God is in your mind you must accept.

Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much.