Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
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I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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I love Chicago.
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I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.
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I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I love a woman who can out-eat me.
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We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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I love the concept of community energy.
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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
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Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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Suffering is an oxymoron. There is unfathomable peace and satisfaction in suffering for Christ. It is as though you have searched endlessly for your purpose in life and now found it in the most unexpected place: In the death of your flesh. It is certainly a moment worth of laughter and dance. And in the end it is not suffering at all. The apostle Paul recommended that we find joy in it. Was he mad?
