“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”
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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu), commonly known as Mother Teresa and honored in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman-Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje, the modern-day capital of Northern Macedonia, and moved to Ireland after 18 years, where she then spent most of the rest of her life. In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman-Catholic religious congregation that treats those who qre dying of AIDS/HIV, leprosy, tuberculosis. The congregation also runs a variety of other services including soup kitchens, mobile clinics, dispensaries, orphanages, schools, and children's and family counselling programs. The members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor". She has been awarded with both the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize, as well as the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was cononised by the Catholic Church on September 4th, 2016, with her feast day being set annually for September 5th. Before and after her death, she has been seen to be a figure of both controversy and praise. While her charity work has often been admired, she has also been criticized for her views on abortion, contraception, and the poor conditions of her homes where there was a lack of medical necessities such as anesthesia despite millions of dollars in funding.
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“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”
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“Work without love is slavery.”
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“The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace”
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“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”
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“Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.”
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“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”
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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
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“If I look at the mass I will never act.”
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“I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.”
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“There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.”
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“In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway.”
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“God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.”
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“The Lord likes small things best, especially those done with love.”
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“Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.”
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“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.”
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“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, y...”
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“Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
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“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
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“Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.”
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“Do we know our poor people? Do we know the poor in our house, in our family? Perhaps they are not hungry for a piece of bread. Perhaps our children, husband, wife, are not hungry, or naked,...”
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