“May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in”
―
Mother Teresa
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.”
―
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.”
―
Mother Teresa
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.”
―
Mother Teresa
“The Lord likes small things best, especially those done with love.”
―
Mother Teresa
“The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.”
―
Mother Teresa
“We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.”
―
Mother Teresa
“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action”
―
Mother Teresa
“The moment passed — but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. – But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes.”
―
Mother Teresa
“We must know that we have been created for greater things, not just to be a number in the world, not just to go for diplomas and degrees, this work and that work. We have been created in order to love and to be loved.”
―
Mother Teresa
