Mother Teresa

“The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace.”

“Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.”

“Suffering will never be wasted if we offer it.”

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”

“The success of love is in the loving — it is not in the result of loving.”

“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”

“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing.”

“Spread the gospel by your life.”

“Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other — it doesn't matter who it is — and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.”

“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received.”

“There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste, when I see people throwing away things we could use.”

“It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us.”

“Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.”

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

“To love is to be vulnerable. To love is to risk. We risk anyway.”

“I have found the paradox: that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt — only more love.”

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”