In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.
MOTHER TERESAIn the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.
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 TERESABe happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
MOTHER TERESAWe need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
MOTHER TERESANever travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.
MOTHER TERESAA sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves.
MOTHER TERESAI prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
MOTHER TERESAIf you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
MOTHER TERESAIf 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 TERESALife is a game, play it.
MOTHER TERESAGod doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.
MOTHER TERESAIf you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
MOTHER TERESADo not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
MOTHER TERESAThere are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.
MOTHER TERESALove to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.
MOTHER TERESAJoy is strength.
MOTHER TERESA