Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world. - Mother Teresa

The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in your way is a sign that God wants you to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God.

The assurance that “Christ’s love is stronger than all that we have or are” had helped her not to succumb to the interior darkness and the pain of nothingness. It was in this state, when she felt that in her heart there was “no faith — no love — no trust”74 that she had formulated the prayer “Jesus in my heart, I believe in your faithful love for me. I love you.” Later she would alter the prayer by replacing “faithful” with “tender.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.