Mother Teresa Quotes

It is very important for us
to realize that love, to be true,
has to hurt. I must be willing to
give whatever it takes not to harm
other people and, in fact, to do
good to them. This requires that
I be willing to give until it hurts.
Otherwise there is no true love
in me and I bring injustice,
not peace, to those around me.

One of the realities we're all called to go through is to move from repulsion to compassion and from compassion to wonderment.

In order to survive, love has to be nourished by sacrifices. The words of Jesus, ‘Love one another as I have loved you,’ must be not only a light to us but a flame that consumes the self in us.

I never get mixed up in what governments should or should not do. Instead of spending time [on] those questions, I say, “Let me do [something] now.

At the moment of death we will not be judged according to the number of good deeds we have done or by the diplomas we have received in our lifetime. We will be judged according to the love we have put into our work.

"He then said, 'But in India, where there are so many problems, can you ever be successful at what you do- isn't it hopeless to try?' She replied, "Well, Senator, we're not always called to be successful but we're always called to be faithful.

In reply to the question “What or who is God?” Mother Teresa on one occasion said, “God is love and He loves you and we are precious to Him. He called us by our name. We belong to Him. He has created us in His image for greater things. God is love, God is joy, God is light, God is truth.” This statement encapsulates her belief in God and her experience of Him: God exists and is the Source of all that exists;

They may see the good you do as self-serving. Continue to do good. They may see your generosity as grandstanding. Continue to be generous. They may see your warm and caring nature as a weakness. Continue to be warm and caring. For, you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It never was between you and them, anyway.

I ask Him to make a saint of me, yet I must leave to Him the choice of that saintliness itself and still more the choice of the means that lead to it.

My second resolution is to become an apostle of Joy — to console the Sacred Heart of Jesus through joy.

Never let anyone come to you without coming away better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile.

Escucha en silencio, porque situ corazon esta lleno con otras cosas no podras escuchar la voz de Dios.

I do convert. I convert you to be a better Hindu. I convert you to be a better Catholic, a better Muslim or Jain or Buddhist. I would like to help you find God. She you find Him, it is up to you to do what you want with him.

From my novel Seaside Daisies:

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted
is the most terrible poverty

Love until it hurts. . . . What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.