Mother Teresa Quotes
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At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
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In order for us to be able to love, we need to have faith, because faith is love in action and love in action is service. In order for us to be able to love, we have to see and touch. Faith in action through prayer, faith in action through service: each is the same thing, the same love, the same compassion.
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There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ: Jesus is my God, Jesus is my Spouse, Jesus is my Life, Jesus is my only Love, Jesus is my All in All; Jesus is my Everything.
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Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
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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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Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other – it doesn't matter who it is – and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.
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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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Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God
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I pray that you will understand the words of Jesus, “Love one another as I have loved you.” Ask yourself “How has he loved me? Do I really love others in the same way?” Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.
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No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into someone's life, to care for someone in need. What greater joy can there be?
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You know my God. My God is called love.
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But still, everything is for Jesus; so like that everything is beautiful, even though it is difficult.
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I have the feeling that we are in such a hurry that we do not have time to look at one another and smile.
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Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility
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We want to create hope for the person ... we must give hope, always hope.
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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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If you want to pray better, you have to pray more.
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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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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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To be able to proclaim the Good News to the poor we must know what is poverty.
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My mother and sister must be very happy to be home with God, and I am sure their love and prayers are always with me. When I go home to God, for death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.
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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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If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If your heart is full of love, you will speak of love.
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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.