“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.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.”
―
Mother Teresa
“The fruit of Silence is Prayer
The fruit of Prayer is Faith
The fruit of Faith is Love
The fruit of Love is Service
The fruit of Service is Peace”
―
Mother Teresa
“Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I have found the paradox,
that if you love until it hurts,
there can be no more hurt,
only more love.”
―
Mother Teresa
“If you judge people you have no time to love them.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.”
―
Mother Teresa
“I hope that what you give me comes not from your surplus but it is the fruit of a sacrifice made for the love of God. You must give what costs you, go without something you like, then you will truly be brothers to the poor who are deprived of even the things they need.”
―
Mother Teresa
“If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.”
―
Mother Teresa
“You will never truly realize God is all you need until He becomes all you have.”
―
Mother Teresa
“In the developed countries there is a poverty of intimacy, a poverty of spirit, of loneliness, of lack of love. There is no greater sickness in the world today than that one.”
―
Mother Teresa
