The only fruitful relation to human beings—particularly to the weak among them—is love, that is, the will to enter into and to keep community with them. God did not hold human beings in contempt but became human for their sake.

Capitalism satisfied the Christian demand for an institution that channels selfish human desire toward the betterment of society. Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature.

I've learned that if I stay busy, especially by helping others, I don't think about my pain. In an odd way, my pain is its own therapy. I intend to go on until I can't go anymore.

Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

I want to make someone's life better because I'm here. If you have that attitude it will change your day and change your life.

The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life.

… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.