“May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.”

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.

How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other- it doesn’t matter who it is- and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.

When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.

Live simply so others may simply live.

God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.

In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you.

Joy is strength.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.

Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.

Peace begins with a smile.