If we wait for some people to become agreeable or attractive before we begin to love them, we will never begin. If we are content to give them a cold impersonal 'charity' that is merely a matter of obligation, we will not trouble to understand them or to sympathize with them at all. And in that case we will not really love them, because love implies an efficacious will not only to do good to others exteriorly but also to find some good in them to which we can respond."

Each individual Christian and each new age of the Church has to make this rediscovery, this return to the source of Christian life.

Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.

It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, though it is a race dedicated to many absurdities and one which makes many terrible mistakes.

How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.