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The fruit of faith is love


Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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MOTHER TERESA There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the ...
MOTHER TERESA We can do no great things; only small things with great love. -Mother Teresa.
MOTHER TERESA We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence....
MOTHER TERESA I pray that you will understand the words of Jesus, “Love one another as I have loved you.” Ask ...
MOTHER TERESA Joy is strength.
MOTHER TERESA Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, wha...
MOTHER TERESA It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
MOTHER TERESA The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.
MOTHER TERESA Please choose the way of peace. ... In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war th...
MOTHER TERESA Whether one is Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian, how you live your life is proof that you are or not...
MOTHER TERESA What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if it were missing, the ocean would lack something.
MOTHER TERESA We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
MOTHER TERESA There are many in the world dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little l...
MOTHER TERESA The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
MOTHER TERESA The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
MOTHER TERESA Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
MOTHER TERESA Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
MOTHER TERESA Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
MOTHER TERESA It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.
MOTHER TERESA It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easie...
MOTHER TERESA If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
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