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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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Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.
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I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.
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The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. And peace begins with a smile.
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Keep your heart pure. A pure heart is necessary to see God in each other. If you see God in each other, there is love for each other, then there is peace.
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The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family
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The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.
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God doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.
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Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service.
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