The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
We grow up hungry for love, and in ways so deep as to remain unexpressed we long for our Maker to love us.
I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks - but homeless because of rejection.
If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
There is no great difference in reality between one country and another, because it is always people you meet everywhere. They may look different or be dressed differently, they may have a different education or position; but they are all the same. They are all people to be loved.
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