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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Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

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The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. And peace begins with a smile.

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

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I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.

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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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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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Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.

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Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

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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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