--- title: "7 Forgotten Quotes By Mother Teresa" description: "7 Forgotten quotes by Mother Teresa. Plus more from Mother Teresa and more Forgotten sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/mother-teresa-196_brother_today-if-we-have-no-peace-it-is-because_189461.jpg" --- > [Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/today-if-we-have-no-peace-it-is-because-we-have-forgotten-that-we/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/mother-teresa-196_brother_today-if-we-have-no-peace-it-is-because_189461.jpg) > [If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/if-you-are-kind-people-may-accuse-you-of-selfish-ulterior-motives-be/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/mother-teresa-196_be-kind_if-you-are-kind-people-may-accuse-you-of_901020.jpg) > [People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/people-have-forgotten-what-the-human-touch-is-what-it-is-to-smile-for/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/mother-teresa-196_forgotten_people-have-forgotten-what-the-human-tou_1283450.jpg) > [“If now we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten how to see God in one another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/if-now-we-have-no-peace-it-is-because-we-have-forgotten-how-to-see/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/mother-teresa-196_god_if-now-we-have-no-peace-it-is-because-we_1743105.jpg) > [These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/these-are-the-few-ways-we-can-practice-humility-to-speak-as-little-as/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/mother-teresa-196_acceptance_these-are-the-few-ways-we-can-practice-h_1797848.jpg) > [Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are in your own homes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/find-your-own-calcutta-find-the-sick-the-suffering-and-the-lonely-2/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/mother-teresa-196_calcutta_find-your-own-calcutta-find-the-sick-the_2005901.jpg) > [If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/if-we-have-no-peace-it-is-because-we-have-forgotten-that-we-belong-to-2/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/mother-teresa-196_belong_if-we-have-no-peace-it-is-because-we-hav_2784363.jpg) ## Other authors on Forgotten ## More by Mother Teresa > [Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/love-is-a-fruit-in-season-at-all-times-and-within-the-reach-of-every/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [All works of love are works of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/all-works-of-love-are-works-of-peace/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/keep-the-corners-of-your-mouth-turned-up-speak-in-a-low-persuasive/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/holy-living-consists-in-doing-god-s-work-with-a-smile/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-don-t-look-at-anything-every-person-whether-he-is-hindu-muslim-or/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-may-not-be-able-to-give-much-but-we-can-always-give-the-joy-that/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/maybe-if-i-didn-t-pick-up-that-one-person-i-wouldn-t-have-picked-up/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-too-are-called-to-withdraw-at-certain-intervals-into-deeper/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/people-are-unrealistic-illogical-and-self-centered-love-them-anyway/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/recovering-in-a-calcutta-india-hospital-i-think-i-m-more-difficult/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [So many signatures for such a small heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/so-many-signatures-for-such-a-small-heart/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/they-should-give-until-it-hurts-maybe-a-very-small-thing-maybe-just-a/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/it-is-by-forgiving-that-one-is-forgiven/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-more-we-empty-ourselves-the-more-room-we-give-god-to-fill-us/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/joy-is-prayer-joy-is-strength-joy-is-love-joy-is-a-net-of-love-by/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgotten/mother-teresa/#itemlist", "name": "7 Forgotten Quotes By Mother Teresa", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. 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