I think it is very good when people suffer. To me that is like the kiss of Jesus. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I think the world today is upside down, and is suffering so much, because there is so very little love in the… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I still think that the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one... That is the worst disease that… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I think that before people were speaking much about the poor, but now more and more people are speaking to the poor.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals? — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If we were able to see God's image in our neighbor, do you think weapons and generals would be needed? — 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… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
How can I act in an impersonal manner? When a man dies in the street for want of food, how can I… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Put yourself completely under the influence of Jesus, so that he may think his thoughts in your mind, do his work through… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. From the abundance of the heart… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I think that a person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. If… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I don't think there is anyone who needs God's help as much as I do. Sometimes I feel so helpless and weak.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We never try to convert those who receive (aid) to Christianity but in our work we bear witness to the love of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
These are very unskillful comparisons to represent so precious a thing, but I am not clever enough to think out any more:… — 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
Christ came to be Father's compassion to the world. Be kind in your actions. Do not think that you are the only… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
For me, life is the most beautiful gift of God to mankind, therefore people and nations who destroy life by abortion and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
You have to do that here in your country. You must come to know the poor. Maybe our people here have material… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I am a little pencil in God's hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything and sometimes it… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If we really want to love, if we really want to live, we must love until it hurts . . . No… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I think it is very beautiful for the poor to accept their lot, to share it with the passion of Christ. I… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I feel called to help individuals, to love each human being. I never think in terms of crowds in general but in… — 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
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
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
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
Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand... — Mother Teresa Copy Share
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
Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical. — Mother Teresa Copy Share
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
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. — Mother Teresa Copy Share
