People say, 'What is the sense of our small effort?' They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.

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"I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least."

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"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."

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""The best things to do with the best things in life is to give them away.""

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