There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material and physical suffering is suffering from hunger, from homelessness, from all kinds of diseases. But the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, having no one. I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience.

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Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

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At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.

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I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.

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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.

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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

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What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on.

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I trust that God wouldn't give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't have such faith in me.

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