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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silenceWe need silence to touch souls.
- Mother Teresa (Nobel Prize)
- Profession: Nun
- Type: Saint
Mother Teresa (Nobel Prize)
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Mother Teresa, an Albanian Catholic nun, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, for devoting her life to serving the poor and sick. She began her role in the Christian story as a teacher, but being disturbed by the severe poverty of Calcutta, she was later granted permission to leave her position to pursue service of the poor in India for Jesus. Mother Teresa's first year on her own was quite challenging. Having no income or support from her former Catholic order, she found herself begging for food and supplies. In her diary, she recounted how the experiences of doubt and loneliness tempted her to return to the comfort and security of a nun's convent life. Nevertheless, she persevered thru prayer, eventually obtaining permission from Rome to found the Missionaries of Charity. This charitable organization has grown from its single location to now supporting 610 missions in 120 countries. The Missionaries of Charity's goal is serve the poorest of the poor, one at a time, in both body and spirit. Mother Teresa noted the poverty of "being unwanted" when she said: "There is a far greater kind of poverty. It means being unwanted, unloved and neglected"
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We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
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One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
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The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.
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Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.
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Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.
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In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
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Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.
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Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.
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Life is a challenge, we must take it.
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A life not lived for others is not a life.
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On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life.
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If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.
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People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
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When we realize that we are all sinners needing forgiveness, it will be easy for us to forgive others.
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