Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.
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Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you.
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If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.
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My iron game. I get into trouble a lot with my driver, so I tend to hit 3-wood off the tee.
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I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story.
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I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.
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There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.
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Having egregious divorces - where you just hate each other - is really the easy way out.
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Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.
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Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.
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Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.
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Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.
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Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
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My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.
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As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn't be admissible.
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I used to watch a lot of documentaries about Satanic possession - and I don't know if this is racist or not - but in the documentaries, it never happened to Americans! It was always happening in Central America or South America; that's where the priest was always going down to exorcise possessed people. So I didn't have a lot of fear of being possessed by the devil.
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I have very little regard for consensus if it blinds you to the truth.
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There isn't a book that has changed me, but I have favourites such as 'Pride and Prejudice' which I often re-read.
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Fragrance, whether strong or delicate, is a highly subjective matter, and one gardener's perfume is another gardener's stink.
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Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.
