Mother Teresa Quotes
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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
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Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.
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Then we have the silence of the eyes which will always help us to see God. Our eyes are like two windows through which Christ or the world comes to our hearts. Often we need great courage to keep them closed. How often we say, I wish I had not seen this thing, and yet we take so little trouble to overcome the desire to see everything.
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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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I have a diplomatic passport for India, diplomatic passport for Albania. I have Vatican passport and to America, I can go any time.
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We must not drift away from the humble works, because these are the works nobody will do. It is never too small. We are so small we look at things in a small way. But God, being Almighty, sees everything great. Therefore, even if you write a letter for a blind man or you just go sit and listen, or you take the mail for him, or you visit somebody or bring a flower to somebody-small things-or wash clothes for somebody, or clean the house. Very humble work, that is where you and I must be. For 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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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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The dying, the cripple, the mental, the unwanted, the unloved-- they are Jesus in disguise.
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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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Nothing makes you happier than when you really reach out in mercy to someone who is badly hurt.
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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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If people spent one hour per week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended
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Holy Angels, our advocates, our brothers, our counselors, our defenders, our enlighteners, our friends, our guides, our helpers, our intercessors - Pray for us.
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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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Saints are only sinners who keep trying.
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Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?
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We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
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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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Today it is fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately, it is not fashionable to talk with them.
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The family that prays together stays together, and if they stay together they will love one another as God has loved each one of them. And works of love are always works of peace.
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It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
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One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
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Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to tell them...For as long as you are green, you can grow.
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In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God.