Mother Teresa on compassion
Mother Teresa97 quotes“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”
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Life is a game, play it.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.
Mother TeresaMother 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 TeresaMother Teresa One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Give, but give until it hurts.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Intense love does not measure it just gives.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If a mother can kill her own child – what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me – there is nothing between.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg Compassion is the basis of morality.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer Sew seeds of kindness let your compassion be that for which you are known.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
Tutu DesmondTutu Desmond