Mother Teresa Quotes
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I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.
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I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.
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Everything starts from prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love and still less are we able to give it to others. Just as people today are speaking so much about the poor but they do not know or talk to the poor, we too cannot talk so much about prayer and yet not know how to pray.
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Even if I wanted, I cannot do anything. When they die, we always send for their co-religionists. Muslims take the Muslim's body to bury it, Hindus come and take away the dead to be cremated and Christians come and bury their dead.
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Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus.
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Jesus wants me to tell you again...how much is the love He has for each one of you-beyond all what you can imagine...Not only He loves you, even more - He longs for you. He misses you when you don't come close. He thirsts for you. He loves you always, even when you don't feel worthy.
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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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Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.
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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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There are no great acts, only small acts done with great love
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Keep your heart pure. A pure heart is necessary to see God in each other. If you see God in each other, there is love for each other, then there is peace.
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How sad it is when someone comes to you looking for Jesus and all they see is you.
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Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me.
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In reality, there is only one true prayer, only one substantial prayer: Christ himself. There is only one voice which rises above the face of the earth, the voice of Christ. Prayer is oneness with Christ.
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Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
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He who is faultless does not care for the opinion of others.
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Behold , I have graven you upon the palm of my hand, that is what Jesus came on earth to do: to proclaim, to give us the Good News that God loves us, that we are precious to Him.
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God never sends us more than we can handle.
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Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.
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Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.
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Christ came to be Father's compassion to the world. Be kind in your actions. Do not think that you are the only one who can do efficient work, work worth showing. This makes you harsh in your judgment of others who may not have the same talents. Do your best and trust that others do their best. And be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
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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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The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.
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You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty.