Mother Teresa on emptiness
Mother Teresa97 quotes“Love to be real, it must cost – it must hurt – it must empty us of self.”
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The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
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. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa 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 TeresaMother Teresa Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa If I look at the mass I will never act.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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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