Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?'
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When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.
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Sincerity is the norm of Heaven and the law of our nature. China and the West agree on this point, for without sincerity, no human prince could ever found a state, and no earthly teacher could ever establish a religion.
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An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
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We must assent to the will of Heaven above and conform to the wishes of men on earth below, but the government should assert the majesty of its warlike might in order to drive away the hordes of fierce and cruel men. We know that the dispositions of these outer barbarians are as ravenous as those of wolves.
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God's gift of forgiveness and eternal life in heaven is absolutely free!
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In their religion they are so uneven,That each man goes his own byway to heaven.
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O, human love! thou spirit given,On Earth, of all we hope in Heaven!
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All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the attempt.
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At no point do the resurrection narratives in the four Gospels say, 'Jesus has been raised, therefore we are all going to heaven.' It says that Christ is coming here, to join together the heavens and the Earth in an act of new creation.
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...the Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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And in the morning when the sun rise.Look in the water, see the blue sky.As if heaven has been laid there at our feet.
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Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.
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I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.
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Heaven sends us good meat, but the Devil sends cooks.
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Then lies him down the lubber fiend,And stretched out all the chimney's length,Basks at the fire his hairy strength.
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I heard a bustling rumor like a fray, And the wind blows it from the Capitol.
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Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.
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I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?'
