Mother Teresa Quotes
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Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life.
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Faith is a gift from God and he gives it to whomever he chooses
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The beginning of prayer is silence. If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks. And to be able to see that silence, to be able to hear God we need a clean heart; for a clean heart can see God, can hear God, can listen to God; and then only from the fullness of our heart can we speak to God. But we cannot speak unless we have listened, unless we have made that connection with God in the silence of our heart.
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We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.
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Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day.
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We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the energy to do what they are doing?' The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, 'Come to Me.' He is hungry for souls.
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You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing. Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me. Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me. Clear.
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Therefore, even if you write a letter for a blind man or you must go and sit and listen, or you take the mail for him, or you visit somebody or bring a flower to somebody... it is never too small, for this is our love of Christ in action
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Live simply so others may simply live.
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Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God.
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Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.
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The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day.
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Where was Mother Teresa's Jesus? He was in the Bible, in the church, in her prayer, in the Eucharist, in her sisters, in the heart of everyone she met, and especially in the poorest of the poor and the lowest of the low. Jesus was in disguise in each one of them. Jesus was behind the foundation of her order. Jesus was behind all that she did.
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I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
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Every country I love and I am a child of God to love the humans.
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God is everywhere and in everything and without Him we cannot exist.
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And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?
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I think that we in our family don't need bombs and guns, to destroy to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
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One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say, "You know, this terrible pain is only the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Jesus on the cross that he can kiss you."
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Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.
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God loves me. I'm not here just to fill a place, just to be a number. He has chosen me for a purpose. I know it.
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If abortion isn't wrong, then nothing is wrong.
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Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. If you learn this art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christ-like, for his heart was meek and he always thought of others. Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
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Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greetings. We are all but His instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself.