Mother Teresa

“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.”

“We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally; to be alone with Him — not with our books, thoughts, and memories but completely stripped of everything — to dwell lovingly in His presence, silent, empty, expectant, and motionless. We cannot find God in noise or agitation.”

“In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.”

“Christ came to be Father's compassion to the world. Be kind in your actions. Do not think that you are the only one who can do efficient work, work worth showing. This makes you harsh in your judgment of others who may not have the same talents. Do your best and trust that others do their best. And be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

“Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.”

“In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love.”

“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”

“Work without love is slavery.”

“I think it is very good when people suffer. To me that is like the kiss of Jesus. ”

“Jangan mencari yang besar-besar, cukup mengerjakan yang kecil-kecil dengan cinta yang besar. Makin kecil yang kita hadapi harus makin besar cinta yang kita berikan”

“Tidak jarang, mereka yang menghabiskan waktu untuk memberikan cahaya bagi orang lain justru tetap berada dalam kegelapan (Come Be My Light, h. 335)”

“In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East -- especially in India -- I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening wihtout a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving -- it is not in the result of loving. These words, taken from the book A Simple Path, are the words of one of the Missionaries of Charity Sisters, not of Mother Teresa.”

“Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.”

“God made the world for the delight of human beings-- if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we've waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day. As we remember and notice His love for us, we just begin to fall in love with Him because He is so busy with us -- you just can't resist Him. I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, it's God's love, it's His.”

“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.”

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action”

“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor . . . Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.”

“Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.”

“What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.”

“The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.”

“The Simple PathSilence is PrayerPrayer is FaithFaith is LoveLove is ServiceThe Fruit of Service is Peace”

“If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.”

“One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody”

“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”

“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”

“The biggest diease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and deserted by everybody.”

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”

“Най-хубавият ден - днешния.Най-голямата спънка - страхът.Най-лесното нещо - да се заблудиш.Най-голямата заблуда - че друг е виновен за неуспеха ти.Най-трудното - да постигнеш мечтите си.Най-непостижимото - да угодиш на всички.Най-глупавото нещо - оправданието.Най-голямата грешка - да паднеш духом.Най-голямото поражение - да се предадеш без бой.Коренът на всички злини - егоизмът.Най-хубавото развлечение - работата.Най-полезното нещо - опитът.Най-безполезното нещо - мързелът.Най-лошото поражение - отчаянието.Най-необходимото - домашното огнище.Най-верните приятели - родителите.Най-големите дарители - учителите.Най-добрите учители – децата.Най-големият ти враг - ти самият.Най-опасният човек - лицемерът.Най-лошият съветник - гневът.Най-коварните чувства - омразата и завистта.Най-голямото щастие – да си полезен на другите.Най-големият успех - да изкорениш недостатъците си.Най-неприятния недостатък – лошото настроение.От какво не можеш да избягаш - от проблемите.Най-първата необходимост - общуването.Най-краткият път - правилният.Най-дългият път - да се водиш по чужд акъл.Най-красивият подарък – прошката .Най-добрата защита – усмивката.Най-приятното усещане - вътрешният мир.Най-голямото удоволствие - изпълненият дълг.Най-голямото разочарование - предателството.Най-обезличаващото - подражанието.Никой не може да ти отнеме: образованието, опита и спомените.Най-важното нещо, което носиш със себе си - умът.Най-доброто лекарство – оптимизмът.Най-мощната сила на света – вярата.Най-стимулуращият дар – надеждата.Единствената реалност – любовта.”

“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. ”

“Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.”

“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.”

“We are all pencils in the hand of God.”

“He who is faultless does not care for the opinion of others.”

“If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.”

“Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.”

“Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”

“Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls.”

“Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.”

“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”

“Life is a game, play it.”

“People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.”

“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.”

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”

“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.”

“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.”

“If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.”

“Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”