“The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.”
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Mother Teresa
“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”
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Mother Teresa
“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”
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Mother Teresa
“When you don't have anything, then you have everything.”
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Mother Teresa
“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
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Mother Teresa
“Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.”
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Mother Teresa
“We are not called to be successful, but faithful.”
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Mother Teresa
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
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Mother Teresa
“There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point.
What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house.
That says enough.”
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Mother Teresa
“I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?”
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Mother Teresa
“Smiling novices. I can hear the music of your laughter of joy. Learn, my children, to be holy, for true holiness consists of doing God's work with a smile.”
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Mother Teresa
“Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what people need, things that would save them from dying. Frustrated? No, never.”
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Mother Teresa
“The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.”
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Mother Teresa
“Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.”
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Mother Teresa
