Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love read more

To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God.

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as read more

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that read more

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people read more

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working read more

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who read more

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Those among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.