Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

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• The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.

  

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• We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.

  

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• Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

  

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• A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.

  

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• I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.

  

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• I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.

  

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• Real acting is about giving people an insight into a person, letting the audience in.

  

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• They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Giving
  • Hurt
  • Smoking