“There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”
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Mother Teresa
“Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
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Mother Teresa
“Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”
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Mother Teresa
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
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Mother Teresa
“Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening; This is what it means to be contemplative in the heart of the world. Seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus, especially in the lowly appearance of bread, and in the distressing disguise of the poor.”
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Mother Teresa
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
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Mother Teresa
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
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Mother Teresa
“We must become holy not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live His life fully in us.”
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Mother Teresa
“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”
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Mother Teresa
“Jesus wants me to tell you again...how much is the love He has for each one of you-beyond all what you can imagine...Not only He loves you, even more--He longs for you. He misses you when you don't come close. He thirsts for you. He loves you always, even when you don't feel worthy...”
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Mother Teresa
“Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.”
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Mother Teresa
“I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.”
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Mother Teresa
“Give that child to me. I want it. I will care for it. I am willing to accept any child who would be aborted and to give that child to a married couple who will love the child and be loved by the child.”
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Mother Teresa
“Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics:
—missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the universe.
—contemplative: by gathering the whole universe at the very center of our hearts where the Lord of the universe abides, and allowing the pure water of divine grace to flow plentifully and unceasingly from the source itself, on the whole of his creation.
—universal: by praying and contemplating with all and for all, especially with and for the spiritually poorest of the poor.”
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Mother Teresa
