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- There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material…
- If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.…
- I repeat that the poor, the sufferers from leprosy, the rejected, the alcoholics, whom we serve, are beautiful people. Many of them have wonderful personalities.…
- America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion…
- Our hours of adoration will be special hours of reparation for sins, and intercession for the needs of the whole world, exposing the sin-sick and…
- We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the…
- Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others…
- 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…
- Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words…
- If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from heaven - to light the…
- There is but one love of Jesus, as there is but one person in the poor - Jesus. We take vows of chastity to love…
- The way to plan the family is natural family planning, not contraception...This (use of contraceptives) turns the attention to self and so it destroys the…
- People ask me what advice I have for a married couple struggling in their relationship. I always answer: pray and forgive. And to young people…
- I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her last days and her only…
- The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. And they never curse,…
- I will never tire of repeating this: what the poor need the most is not pity but love. They need to feel respect for their…
- I am sure that all people know deep down inside that the little child in the mother's womb is a human being from the moment…
- When I pick up a person from the street, hungry, I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread. But a person who…
- If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of peace…
- Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile.…
- There are some people who, in order not to pray use as an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that it prevents us…
- These are very unskillful comparisons to represent so precious a thing, but I am not clever enough to think out any more: the real truth…
- Everything starts from prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love and still less are we able to give it to others. Just…
- A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing and nobody will…
- Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become clear to see…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle