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Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me.

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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To God there is nothing small. The moment we have given it to God, it becomes infinite.
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Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life.
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If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.
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It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
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Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot hear the voice of God
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From the moment a soul has the grace to know God, she must seek.
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O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of their lives and so lead them to You!
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We realize that what we are accomplishing is a drop in the ocean. But if this drop were not in the ocean, it would be missed.
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