Mother Teresa

Missionary, Nun

Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun and missionary known for her humanitarian work, particularly in caring for the impoverished in India through her organization, the Missionaries of Charity.

Born
August 26, 1910
Died
September 5, 1997
Quotes
878
Rank
#98

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"I am busy with my work. My path is clear. I see somebody dying, I pick him up. I find somebody hungry, I give him food. He can love and be loved. I don't look at his color, I don't look at his religion."

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"There are others who take up that (liberating) role. I have no time to spend for that."

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"Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service."

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"If you are Catholic, and some other person comes to you seeking guidance, naturally you take him straight away to someone who can show him God's love."

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"I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all do like that."

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"If a Hindu wants to find the way to God, he has the right to go to any priest, nun or any other person."

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"Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting a visa to any nation."

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"Anybody who helps the poor is delighted. So naturally, they (critics) are not very happy with us."

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"Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you gave me food, I was thirsty you have me drink, I was naked you clothed me, I was homeless you took me home and I was sick you visited me." And we are just doing that."

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"Faith is a gift of God. Without it there would be no life. And our work, to be fruitful, and to be all for God, and to be beautiful, has to be built of faith. Faith in Christ who has said, I was hungry, I was naked, I was sick, and I was homeless, and you ministered to me! On these words of His all our work is based."

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"How many times we have picked up in the streets human beings who had been living like animals and were longing to die like angels!"

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"When a poor person dies I want then to die in the arms of somebody who loves them. I want them to be able to look for the last time into the eyes of somebody who cares for them"

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"Why can't there be love that never gets tired?"

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"I am busy with my work. My path is clear."

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