Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
MOTHER TERESABeing unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
MOTHER TERESAWe do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
MOTHER TERESAPrayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.
MOTHER TERESANever travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.
MOTHER TERESAIf you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.
MOTHER TERESASpread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.
MOTHER TERESAThe way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.
MOTHER TERESAIt is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
MOTHER TERESAIn the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you.
MOTHER TERESASmile 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 TERESAIf you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
MOTHER TERESAI’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
MOTHER TERESADo not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
MOTHER TERESAWhat can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
MOTHER TERESAPrayer is the mortar that holds our house together.
MOTHER TERESAWords which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
MOTHER TERESA