Mother Teresa Quotes
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I think the world today is upside down, and is suffering so much, because there is so very little love in the homes and in family life.
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As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves but does not speak … I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have free hand.
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We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
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Mary, my dearest Mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, your heart so full of love and humility, that I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life, love Him as you loved Hitn and serve Him in the distressing disguise of the poorest of the poor.
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Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.
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Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.
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Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor
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I think that before people were speaking much about the poor, but now more and more people are speaking to the poor. That is the great difference.
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I was asked why I did not give a rod with which to fish, in the hands of the poor, rather than give the fish itself as this makes them remain poor. So I told them: The people whom we pick up are not able to stand with a rod. So today I will give them fish and when they are able to stand, then I shall send them to you and you can give them the rod. That is your job. Let me do my work today.
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There are others who take up that liberating role. I have no time to spend for that.
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Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.
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All that we need to know all the wisdom of the cosmos we will find in our own heart
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The ocean is made of drops.
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The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them
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I have said often, and I am sure of it, that the greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is abortion. If a mother can kill her own child, what is there to stop you and me from killing each other? The only one who has the right to take life is the The One who has created it.
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One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
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We need to give Christ a chance to make use of us, to be His word and His work, to share His food and His clothing in the world today. If we do not radiate the light of Christ around us, the sense of the darkness that prevails in the world will increase.
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I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness.
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When you don't have anything, then you have everything.
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You priests are called 'another Christ.'
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If you are looking for vocations, as a community have adoration every day. Once the Missionaries of Charity started daily adoration, their vocations doubled
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If a Hindu wants to find the way to God, he has the right to go to any priest, nun or any other person.
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God never sends us more than we can handle.
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My key to heaven is that I loved Jesus in the night.