Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
All we do our prayers our work our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We must love prayer. It widens the heart to the point of making it capable of containing the gift that God makes… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
In reality, there is only one true prayer, only one substantial prayer: Christ himself. There is only one voice which rises above… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. God… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We complicate prayer as we complicate many things. It is to love Jesus with undivided love-for you, for me, for all of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Joy is the characteristic by which God uses us to re-make the distressing into the desired, the discarded into the creative. Joy… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
It is not possible to engage in the direct apostolate without being a soul of prayer. We must be aware of oneness… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself. Ask and seek and you heart will grow… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We need prayer to understand God's love for us. If we really mean to pray and want to pray we must be… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
My mother and sister must be very happy to be home with God, and I am sure their love and prayers are… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration with exposition needs a great push. People ask me: 'What will convert America and save the world?' My answer… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
People ask me what advice I have for a married couple struggling in their relationship. I always answer: pray and forgive. And… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noises and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Thou shall love the Lord with thy whole heart, soul, and mind. This is the commandment of the Great God, and he… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
There are some people who, in order not to pray use as an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
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… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand... — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally;… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
