Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.
Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.
There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic. We believe our work should be our example to people. We have among us 475 souls - 30 families are Catholics and the rest are all Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs—all different religions. But they all come to our prayers.
In many social settings it is easier to be identified as an agnostic than a believer.