“People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.”

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

Give, but give until it hurts.

Intense love does not measure it just gives.

If a mother can kill her own child – what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me – there is nothing between.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.

The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.

I still think that the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one. That is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience.

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

True forgiveness is when you can say, Thank you for that experience.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.

Forgiveness does not mean excusing.

Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.