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Love is proved by deeds the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.

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 more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you.
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Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.
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To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
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I always say if you are afraid of them (the unborn), give them to me. Please, don't kill them.
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If I'd never have picked up the first person, I'd never have picked up the 42,000 in Calcutta.
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If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you Be honest and frank anyway.
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Real prayer is union with God.
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Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility
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My secret is a very simple one: I pray. To pray to Christ is to love him.
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I don't think we can do anything more than what we are doing now.
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Don't expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship
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