Whoever will not love his enemies cannot know the Lord and the sweetness of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit teaches us to love our enemies in such way that we pity their souls as if they were our own children.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone… we must be compassionate!
–Saint Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947)
You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Seek to distinguish yourself from others only in your generosity. Be like gods to the poor, imitating God’s mercy. Humanity has nothing so much in common with God as the ability to do good.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
Feed him who is dying of hunger; if you have not fed him you have killed him.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
When we are harassed by poverty, saddened by bereavement, ill, or in pain, let good friends visit us. Let them be persons who not only can rejoice with those who rejoice but can weep with those who weep. Let them be persons who know how to give useful advice and how to win us to express our own feelings in conversation.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
