Mother Teresa Quotes
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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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If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that.
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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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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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The first requirement for prayer is silence. People of prayer are people of silence.
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We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
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We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy.
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Just show up and things will happen.
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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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We need silence to be able to touch silence .
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We must love prayer. It widens the heart to the point of making it capable of containing the gift that God makes of himself. Ask and seek, and your heart will be widened to welcome him and to keep him within itself.
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Never be so busy as not to think of others.
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When we judge others we leave no room to love them.
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My mother tongue is Albanian. But, I am equally fluent in Bengali (language of Calcutta) and English.