“Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most.” PeopleTwoTogetherPoliticalMotherTurnsMy FavoritePhilosopherMaoTeresa Author:Anita Dunn
“The tendency in our spiritual life but also our more general attitude toward love is that our feelings are all that is going on. And so to us the totality of love is what we feel. But to really love someone requires commitment, fidelity and vulnerability. Mother Teresa wasn't "feeling" Christ's love, and she could have shut down. But she was up at 4:30 every morning for Jesus, and still writing to him, "Your happiness is all I want."” WantLoveFeelsWritingStillsFeelingsSpiritualMotherFaithJesusChristLove IsAttitudeMorningCommitmentTendenciesVulnerabilitySpiritual LifeEvery MorningLove SomeoneFidelityTotalityTeresa Author:Brian Kolodiejchuk
“I believe God loves the world through us - through you and through me. We use Mother Teresa's name; it is only a name, but we are real co-workers and carriers of His love. Today God loves the world through us. Especially in times like these when people are trying to make God "was," it is you and I, by our love, by the purity of our lives, by our compassion, who prove to the world that God "is."” PeopleWorldTryingBelieveRealUseTodayMotherNamesI BelieveCompassionOur LivesProveCatholicWorkersGod LovePurityLive ByBelieve In GodOur LoveHis LoveCarrierTeresaCo WorkerTimes Like These Author:Mother Teresa
“I am so grateful for my physical therapist, Teresa England, who taught me to respect the process of recovery. Healing is sometimes slow, and any pace but fast was alien to me. To me, the idea of patience and gradual progress was a very foreign idea. I truly learned patience from this woman, and how to appreciate the smallest signs of improvement.” IdeasSometimesProcessHealingProgressTaughtAppreciateEnglandGratefulCancerImprovementRecoveryAliensPaceSmallestTherapistsTeresaSo GratefulPhysical Therapist Author:Tara Subkoff
“Mother Teresa had a mustache. Hitler had a mustache. Mother Teresa is Hitler.” MotherMustacheTeresa Author:Lewis Black
“The evolution of the universe depends on the participation of each and every person. . . From your soul's perspective, you are as great an addition to the world as Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa, and subtracting you from the cosmic equation would be just as great a loss. The most exquisite silk remains intact if you pull out a thread, but the snag will show.” IfsWorldPersonsSoulShowsWould BeMotherUniverseLossPerspectiveDependsEvolutionRemainsYour SoulCosmicThreadParticipationEquationsExquisiteSilkTeresa Author:Deepak Chopra
“Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.” PeopleSaidHelpingMotherStrangeHelping OthersRight ThingMeaning Of LifeStrange ThingsTeresaRight Thing To Say Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere. I also can't believe that people like Stalin and Hitler are gonna go to the same place as Mother Teresa.” PeopleThinkingBelieveMotherFrighteningTeresaStalin And Hitler Author:Peter Steele
“If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.” IfsInspirationalTryingYearsTodayMotherSuccessfulKingsStonesThinkerCompassionateLegendsSpeakersTeresa Author:Jack Canfield
“Never eat at a Chinese restaurant named Mama Teresa's Trattoria.” ChineseRestaurantsMamaTeresa Author:Joy Behar
“My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.” KindMotherTaughtForgivingTeresaNeighbourhoods Author:Tommy Hilfiger