“We need silence to be alone with God, to speak to him, to listen to him, to ponder his words deep in our hearts. We need to be alone with God in silence to be renewed and transformed. Silence gives us a new outlook on life.” ReligionSilenceBiographyWritings Book:Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography Source: Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography
“Of necessity, theirs must often be an interior silence, surrounded as they were for much of the time by noise and restlessness. To make possible true interior silence she told her Sister they would practice” ReligionSilenceBiography Book:Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography Source: Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography
“Mother Teresa with almost pragmatic efficiency had brought together two perceived needs: the need for a kind of power house of prayer o the part of her Missionaries of Charity; and the need of the sick and suffering to find a meaning to their existence. Over and above this, however, many of the Sick and Suffering links became living witnesses to Mother Teresa's conviction that suffering could draw people closer to God. The letters of the Sick and Suffering bore such eloquent witness to her belief that 'suffering begets life in the soul' that in 1983 Mother Teresa would take the unusual step of actually suggesting that they should be published. The reason she gave was less uncharacteristic: 'It will help many people to love Jesus more.;” SufferingSicknessBiography Book:Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography Source: Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography