Mother Teresa Quotes
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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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The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day.
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Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.
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The world today is hungry Not only for bread But hungry for love; Hungry to be wanted, Hungry to be loved.
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People everywhere are the same; they are all people to be loved. They are all hungry for love.
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In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them.
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Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.
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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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Try to put in the hearts of your children a love for home. Make them long to be with their families. So much sin could be avoided if our people really loved their homes.
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They too, are created by the same loving hand of God which Created us...It is our duty to Protect Them and to promote their well-being.
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Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what people need, things that would save them from dying. Frustrated? No, never.
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For me, life is the most beautiful gift of God to mankind, therefore people and nations who destroy life by abortion and euthanasia are the poorest. I do not say legal or illegal, but I think that no human hand should be raised to kill life, since life is God's life in us, even in an unborn child.
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The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day to day with no food. And they never curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much to learn from them.
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We have very little, so we have nothing to be preoccupied with. The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have, the more free you are.
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There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.
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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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Abortion is murder in the womb...A child is a gift of God. If you do not want him, give him to me.
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When you love till it hurts, there will be no hurt left, just love.
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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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There's nothing more calming in difficult moments that knowing there's some one fighting with you.
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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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Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power line is you and I! The current is God! We have the power to allow the current to flow through us and thus to generate the light of the world: JESUS - or to refuse to be used and, thus, allow the darkness to spread.
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I have told everybody that what we are doing is for the love of God and works of love are always to accept and respect others.
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We want to create hope for the person ... we must give hope, always hope.