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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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.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.
Mother TeresaMother Teresa Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
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Lil Uzi VertLil Uzi Vert You’re a creation of my own heart, moving swiftly in between my words; masking every thought. feeding on every emotion & leaving traces of emptiness in a soul full of longing.
Zahra H DaripourZahra H Daripour I don’t know how to leave what has already left me.
N.M SanchezN.M Sanchez Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.
Wayne DyerWayne Dyer Why do the people who complete our emptiness live far away?
Sophie SmithSophie Smith Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face – I know it’s an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.
Nicholas SparksNicholas Sparks 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.
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