Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"A life not lived for others is not a life."
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Calcutta
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Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile."
Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see."
Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other must start"
Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical."
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"There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point."
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"When you don't have anything, then you have everything."
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"Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me."
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"If I'd never have picked up the first person, I'd never have picked up the 42,000 in Calcutta."
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