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

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

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

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because 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.

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

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

Peace begins with a smile.

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

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Be the chief but never the lord.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.