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
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life. — 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
In vocal prayer we speak to God; in mental prayer he speaks to us. It is then that God pours Himself into… — 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
We must love one another as God loves each one of us. To be able to love, we need a clean heart.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
February 1997 - National Prayer Breakfast in Washington attended by the President and the First Lady. "What is taking place in America,"… — 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
