True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.

True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathises with the distress of every creature capable of sensation

Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God's hand for that person.

Treating souls for whom Christ died as numbers or projects or resources seemed to me something like a sin against the Holy Spirit.

Mercy to the needy is a loan to God, and God pays back those loans in full.

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

I lived, while 1 1/2 million Jewish children died. So I have an obligation to repair the world.

Under normal circumstances, if the centerpiece of a president's campaign is helping the disadvantaged and we are our brother's keeper, the idea that this same guy has an actual brother living in third-world poverty without any help from Obama, this would have been on the cover of 'The New York Times.' But none of them are touching it.

People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.

The acid test of any truth is found in whether it aids victims in their struggle to overcome victimisation.

At the hour of death when we all come face to face with God we are going to be judged on love: how much we have loved, not how much we have done but how much love we have put in our action.

One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.