Mother Teresa Quotes
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The purpose of guilt is to bring us to the Lord, after that it has no purpose.
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Anybody who helps the poor is delighted. So naturally, they (critics) are not very happy with us.
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Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.
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We must remember that life begins at home and we must also remember that the future of humanity passes through the family
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I remember I picked up a person from the street who was nearly eaten up with maggots, and he said, I have lived like an animal, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for.
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Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Even if I want I cannot make you say sorry to God.
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Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.
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I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive it (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone.
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In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.
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Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess
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Joy is prayer; joy is strength, joy is love. God loves a cheerful giver. The best way we can show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy.
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Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.
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Life's a song,sing it
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Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example.
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Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it
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Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact with God Himself, with Jesus our Lord.
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Do not worry about why problems exist in the world - just respond to people's needs.
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If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.
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When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now. This is why you should ask your parish priest to have perpetual adoration in your parish. I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts of all parish priests that they may have perpetual Eucharistic adoration in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world
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Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
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To be alone with Jesus in adoration and intimate union with Him is the Greatest Gift of Love - the tender love of Our Father in Heaven.
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The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time.
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A beautiful death is for people who have lived like animals to die like angels.