St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.

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"When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive."

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"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

- William James

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- Robert F. Kennedy

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"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."

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"A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo una gota en el mar, pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota."

- Mother Teresa

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