Mother Teresa Quotes
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Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
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Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.
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God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.
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You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers.
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If I look at the mass I will never act.
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It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one.
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She is such a sad soul. It is good that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow. I know I should preach family love and unity, but in their case. . . .
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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I don't think we can do anything more than what we are doing now.
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You must give what will cost you something. This, then, is not just giving what you can live without but what you can't live without or don't want to live without, something you really like. Then your gift becomes a sacrifice, which will have value before God. Any sacrifice is useful if it is done out of love. This giving until it hurts - this sacrifice - is what I call love in action.
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God gives us things to share, God doesn't give us things to hold.
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If you pray more you will pray better.
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No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.
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We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.
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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
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One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.
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If you give what you do not need, it is not giving.
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In our home (for the dying at Kali Ghat) in Calcutta, there is great peace, unity and love. Many Hindu families bring food, clothing nonstop to our home for the dying. This is an act of love. I didn't ask them. They have only heard about what I am doing and they all come.
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Small things done with great love will change the world.
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Everybody has something good inside them. Some hide it, some neglect it, but it is there
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When a poor person dies I want then to die in the arms of somebody who loves them. I want them to be able to look for the last time into the eyes of somebody who cares for them
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Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.
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When we judge others we leave no room to love them.
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Thank God we don't serve God with our feelings, otherwise I don't know where I would be. - Pray for me.