Mother Teresa Quotes
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The highest form of worship is to find the least among you and treat them like Jesus.
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Peace begins with a smile.
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Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration.
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Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile.
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We cannot really know God if we do not pray.
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When you love till it hurts, there will be no hurt left, just love.
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Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
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Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God
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There's nothing more calming in difficult moments that knowing there's some one fighting with you.
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We are now in 126 countries. We have 561 houses - tabernacles we call them - and over 4600 nuns. It's simply to serve the poorest of the poor. We are wanted and we have championed those who have nothing, the deprived children of God.
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It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.
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I picked up a man from the street, and he was eaten up alive from worms. Nobody could stand him, and he was smelling so badly. I went to him to clean him, and he asked, 'Why do you do this?' I said, 'Because I love you.'
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Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.
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Failure is nothing but the kiss of Jesus.
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The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.
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I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order.
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Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.
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I think that a person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. If this person puts his money at the service of others, then he is rich, very rich.
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How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.
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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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We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it our power to be in heaven with him right now-to be happy with him at this very moment. But this means being: Loving as he loves, helping as he helps, giving as he gives, serving as he serves, rescuing as he rescues, being with him all 24 hours of the day, touching him in his distressing disguise.
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God doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.
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Even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.
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I do not agree with a big way of doing things. What matters is the individual. If we wait till we get numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers and we will never be able to show that love and respect for the person.