Mother Teresa

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

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

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.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.

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.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Joy is prayer joy is strength: joy is love joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

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

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.