Mother Teresa

“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.”

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”

“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving.”

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

“Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.”

“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.”

“I held the Host with two fingers and thought: How small Jesus made Himself, in order to show us that He doesn't expect great things of us, but rather little things with great love.”

“The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.”

“Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.”

“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.”

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

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

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

“Give, but give until it hurts.”

“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.”

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

“I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.”

“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.”

“I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.”

“Peace begins with a smile.”