We cannot condemn or judge or pass words that will hurt people. We don't know in what way God is appearing to that soul and what God is drawing that soul to; therefore, who are we to condemn anybody?

We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.

Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.

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

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.

People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.

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.

When Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize, she was asked, "What can we do to promote world peace?" She answered "Go home and love your family.

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

Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

Spread love everywhere you go; first of all in your house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

Be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness.

The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.

Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.