Mother Teresa on emptiness
Mother Teresa97 quotes“Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.”
More from 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.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Work without love is slavery.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other- it doesn’t matter who it is- and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa When you know how much God is in love with you then you can only live your life radiating that love.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Live simply so others may simply live.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Joy is strength.
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The more you suffer, the more you awaken.
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Ana SoulfulAna Soulful The right person will never get tired of you.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith You thought it wouldn’t live again. But it will live again.
Carisa DownsCarisa Downs The world is not allowed to make a meal of you, girl. It is there for your consuming.
Nikita GillNikita Gill We all carry the heaviest anchors without anyone having a clue about it.
Aaron BellAaron Bell And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
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You’re beautiful, but you’re empty. No one could die for you.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.
PlatoPlato Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier and simpler.
Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Nothing compares to the emptiness we both share.
The WeekndThe Weeknd We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
Lao TzuLao Tzu