Kind words can be short and simple to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa More Quotes by Mother Teresa More Quotes From Mother Teresa I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her last days and her only lament was: My son did this to me. I begged her: You must forgive your son. In a moment of madness, when he was not himself, he did a thing he regrets. Be a mother to him, forgive him. It took me a long time to make her say: I forgive my son. Just before she died in my arms, she was able to say that with a real forgiveness. She was not concerned that she was dying. The breaking of the heart was that her son did not want her. This is something you and I can understand. Mother Teresa regretrealmother There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. Mother Teresa powerfullighthealing Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy. Mother Teresa familylovewar Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening; This is what it means to be contemplative in the heart of the world. Seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus, especially in the lowly appearance of bread, and in the distressing disguise of the poor. Mother Teresa heartmeanjesus God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful. Mother Teresa call-mesuccessfulfaith Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greetings. We are all but His instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself. Mother Teresa eyekindnessbelieve The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small. Mother Teresa circlesmomworld God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer-to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things. Mother Teresa prayerknowswork Intense love does not measure, it just gives. Mother Teresa inspirationwisdomlove We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other? Mother Teresa motherwarchildren There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. Mother Teresa motherhoodtryinglove The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. Mother Teresa destroyersabortionmother Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less. Mother Teresa changing-the-worldfeelsmean Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all. Do it for peace. Mother Teresa saintwantpeace We cannot condemn or judge or pass words that will hurt people. We don't know in what way God is appearing to that soul and what God is drawing that soul to; therefore, who are we to condemn anybody? Mother Teresa drawinghurtpeople We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved. Mother Teresa great-thingspurposeworld There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ: Mother Teresa differentwayjesus The woman is at the heart of the home. Let us pray that we women realize the reason for our existence: to love and be loved and through this love become instruments of peace in the world. Mother Teresa homeheartlove-is You must give what will cost you something. This, then, is not just giving what you can live without but what you can't live without or don't want to live without, something you really like. Then your gift becomes a sacrifice, which will have value before God. Any sacrifice is useful if it is done out of love. This giving until it hurts - this sacrifice - is what I call love in action. Mother Teresa sacrificehurtgiving The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them. Mother Teresa generositygreatnessgiving
