Mother Teresa Quotes
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If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.
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People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest people in the world. They may have little, they may have nothing, but they are happy people. Everything depends on how we love one another.
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These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one's dignity. To choose always the hardest.
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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
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If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.
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Prayer is nothing but that complete surrender, complete oneness with Christ. And this is what makes us contemplative in the heart of the world; for we are twenty-four hours then in His presence: in the hungry, in the naked, in the homeless, in the unwanted, unloved, uncared for. For Jesus said, Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.
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The woman is at the heart of the home. Let us pray that we women realize the reason for our existence: to love and be loved and through this love become instruments of peace in the world.
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It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop.
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Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.
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Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.
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All works of love are works of peace.
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The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.
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Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less.
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Perpetual Adoration, Eucharistic Adoration offers to our people the opportunity to join those in religious life to pray for the salvation of the world, souls everywhere and peace on earth. We cannot underestimate the power of prayer and the difference it will make in our world
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If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.
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How can I act in an impersonal manner? When a man dies in the street for want of food, how can I ignore him? When I find a starving or naked man in the street, I cannot walk past him. I think no human being can do that.
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Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
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There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.
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If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.
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We must see Christ in the disturbing disguise of the poor.
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If you hold an anti-war rally, I shall not attend. But if you hold a Pro-Peace rally invite me.
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The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love.
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We are already taking care of people from jail. Hundred and ten non-criminal women are already with us in Shantidhan (abode of peace).
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If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.