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61 " 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. "
― Mother Teresa , In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories and Prayers
62 " I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering. "
― Mother Teresa
63 " I still think that the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, just having no one... That is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience. "
64 " 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. "
65 " The moment passed — but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. – But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes. "
66 " Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. "
67 " The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have the more free you are. Poverty for us is a freedom. It is not mortification, a penance. It is joyful freedom. There is no television here, no this, no that. But we are perfectly happy. "
68 " Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism. "
69 " A beautiful death is for people who lived like animals to die like angels—loved and wanted. "
70 " You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty. "
71 " Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls. "
72 " It is our emptiness and lowliness that God needs and not our plenitude. These are a few of the ways we can practice humility:Speak as little as possible of oneself.Mind one's own business.Avoid curiosity.Do not want to manage other people's affairs.Accept contradiction and correction cheerfully.Pass over the mistakes of others.Accept blame when innocent.Yield to the will of others.Accept insults and injuries.Accept being slighted, forgotten, and disliked.Be kind and gentle even under provocation.Do not seek to be specially loved and admired.Never stand on one's dignity.Yield in discussion even when one is right.Choose always the hardest. "
― Mother Teresa , The Love of Christ: Spiritual Counsels
73 " We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally; to be alone with Him — not with our books, thoughts, and memories but completely stripped of everything — to dwell lovingly in His presence, silent, empty, expectant, and motionless. We cannot find God in noise or agitation. "
74 " Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want. "
― Mother Teresa , The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living
75 " every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing "
76 " If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will. "
77 " We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other? "
78 " Each one of them is Jesus in disguise. "
79 " Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. "
80 " At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern. "
― Mother Teresa , Love: A Fruit Always in Season