"What we give to the poor, for Christ's sake, is what we carry with us when we die."
Peter Maurin
Need little, want less, love more. For those who abide in love abide in God, and God in them.
"What we would like to do is change the world — make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach around the world."
Dorothy Day
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.”
Mother Teresa
"De loin en loin, elle vient jeter dans l’âme du profond artiste un peu de sa paix, de sa grandeur mystérieuse, puis elle retourne à sa solitude immense, au milieu des rues pleines de peuple.
Il n’y a qu’une tristesse, lui a-t-elle dit, la dernière fois, c’est de n’être pas de saints."
Léon Bloy, La femme pauvre
