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A smile is the beginning of peace.

Mother Teresa

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Mother Teresa
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: August 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 5
Religious Sister
Saint
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
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The purpose of guilt is to bring us to the Lord, after that it has no purpose.
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It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
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All we do our prayers our work our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation.
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We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
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The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign.
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If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.
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What you are doing I cannot do, what I'm doing you cannot do, but together we are doing something beautiful for God, and this is the greatness of God's love for us-To give us the opportunity to become holy through the works of love that we do because holiness is not the luxury of the few.
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Joy is very infectious therefore, be always full of joy!
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We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.
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The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you don't have. That's why you need a pure heart, a pure heart that you will receive as a fruit of your prayer, as a fruit of your oneness with Christ.
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We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.
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Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.
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I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.
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Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all. Do it for peace.
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