1,029 Quotes by Mother Teresa

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

Lord give me this seeing faith, then my work will never be monotonous. I will find joy in humoring the fancies and gratifying the wishes of all poor sufferers. O beloved sick, how doubly dear you are to me, when you personify Christ; and what a privilege is mine to be allowed to tend you.

Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.

Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious.

Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God.

We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.

Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.

She knows how to suffer and at the same time how to laugh.

Then we have the silence of the eyes which will always help us to see God. Our eyes are like two windows through which Christ or the world comes to our hearts. Often we need great courage to keep them closed. How often we say, I wish I had not seen this thing, and yet we take so little trouble to overcome the desire to see everything.