He did not begin by tearing down, or by painting so intense a picture of misery and injustice that you burned to change the world. Instead, he aroused in you a sense of your own capacities for work, for accomplishment. He made you feel that you and all men had great and generous hearts with which to love God. If you once recognized this fact in yourself you would expect and find it in others.

We should strive to treat each other with common Human Decency

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

History can never be changed, but it can be healed.

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important.

I try to spend a little bit of time on my knees every day, but it all begins for me with cherishing the dignity, the worth, the value of every human life.

By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

It's not your job to get people to like you, it's your job to like people.

Touching Hearts, Changing Lives.

I want to take care of people. I want to help people. The maximum joy that I have is when I can create something that makes someone else's life lighter, brighter, or better.