MT
Mother Teresa
Humanitarian & Nobel Laureate
Spirituality ยท Modern
Quotes
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.[https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ed/turnbullvva/quotes-from-mother-teresa/]
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set. Everyone can reach this love through meditation, spirit of prayer, and sacrifice, by an intense inner life.
I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No. I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
We are misunderstood, we are misrepresented, we are misreported. We are not nurses, we are not doctors, we are not teachers, we are not social workers. We are religious, we are religious, we are religious.
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear. The tongue moves but does not speak.
People are happier. There are more jobs. There are no strikes.
From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day.