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> [We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-think-sometimes-that-poverty-is-only-being-hungry-naked-and/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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## 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/)

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