On love: Love does not measure; it just gives. In the world love cannot remain by itself but must be put into action through service. Whatever we are like, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do but how much love we put into the doing... (so)… Put your love in living action. The hunger for love is much more difficult than the hunger for bread. In loving others you are loving God Himself... We cannot do great things. We can only do little things with great love... Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet, especially your family.
Smiling : Smile at each other, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at everyone - it doesn't matter who it is - and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.
On prayer: Love to pray. Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of himself. Ask and seek and your heart will grow big enough to receive him as your own... Start and end each day with prayer.
On dryness; what to do when prayer becomes a struggle: Pray some more. (Such was Mother Teresa's 'dark night of the soul' and her antidote for it).
Be as a little child: Come to God as a child.
On surrender and work: The spirit of our Society (the Missionaries of Charity) is total surrender, loving trust and cheerfulness.. To God there is nothing small. The moment we have given it to God, it becomes infinite... There is always the danger that we may do work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it for God... and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. I was expecting to be free, but God had his own plans... I will work all day. That is the best way.
On presence: To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. (Keeping alert to the movements of the mind and trusting God continuously - waiting attentively for His grace.)
On silence: God is found in silence. See how nature: trees, flowers, grass - grow in silence. See the stars, the moon, sun, how they move in silence... We need to be silent to be able to touch souls.
On being holy: You have to be holy in the position you are in, and I have to be holy in the position that God has placed me. So it is nothing extraordinary to be holy. Holiness is not a luxury of the few. Holiness is a simple duty for you and me. We have been created for that.