1,029 Quotes by Mother Teresa

Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.

Everything starts from prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love and still less are we able to give it to others. Just as people today are speaking so much about the poor but they do not know or talk to the poor, we too cannot talk so much about prayer and yet not know how to pray.

There should be less talk. . . . What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

In the end, dear friend, it is always between us and God, not between us and them.

The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.

Get to know the poor in your country. Love them. Serve them.

Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence to be able to touch souls. The essential thing is not what we say but what God says to us and through us.

The beginning of prayer is silence ...