Excerpts from "The Biography of Mother Teresa - Walking in Love"

1. Don’t ask for comfort, but comfort; don’t ask for understanding, but understand; don’t ask for love , but to love.

2. She likes to think independently, be down-to-earth in doing things, and never talk empty words.

3. Never lose love and generosity at any time.

4. When you eat, always be prepared to share your food with someone who has nothing to eat.

5. Strength and determination are indispensable when a person pursues a goal.

6. As long as you believe you are right, never give up.

7. Whether you see hatred or destruction, believe in love.

8. God helps those who help themselves.

9. Compassion has eternal value.

10. The poor have no money and no social status, but they are not without dignity. So when you do something for the poor, you should first let them feel that you are not giving charity, but loving.

11. We must grow in love, and for this we must keep loving and giving until it hurts.

12. True love is to be able to tolerate all the shortcomings of others, not to be surprised by other people's weaknesses, but to be grateful for other people's small virtues and small deeds, and to learn from them.

13. No one lights his lamp in a basket, but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

14. Even picking up a needle is valuable as long as it is done for the Lord.

15. No one is ordinary or worthless. Everyone is uniquely created by God and loves Him in a unique way.

16. Love is the shortest way to reach God.

17. Humanity’s lack of love is the fundamental cause of poverty in the world, and poverty is the result of our refusal to share with others.

18. If you only love your brothers and sisters - just those who share your faith, or your class, that means nothing.

19. If you only love those who love you, why should God reward you? If you just say hello to your friends, what's the big deal?

20. If you don’t love the person you see every day, how can you love an invisible Lord?

21. Throughout her life, Mumkit never judged others. According to her, judging others is not a sign of love. Because Jesus said: "Judge not, lest you be judged. For with the same measure that you judge, God will judge you; with the same measure that you use, God will measure you with the same measure. Why do you Do you only see the speck in your brother’s eye, but don’t think about the plank in your own eye? ”

22. Don’t be impatient when doing good deeds, but be patient.

23. No matter what my Lord decides, I will absolutely obey. who I am? Is it possible to bargain with him?

24. Job was a man who lived in gratitude all his life. When he was rich, he thanked God; when he was poor, he thanked God; when he was happy, he thanked God; when he was sad, he thanked God; when he was healthy, he thanked God. God; when he was covered with malignant sores and sitting in the dust in pain, he still thanked God.

25. Although her face was full of tears, she still smiled and said firmly: "Father, if this is God's work, it will be successful. If it is just my job, then it will be successful." It will not succeed."

26. Greed - greed for power, greed for money, greed for reputation, this is the biggest obstacle to peace in the world today.

27. Reading is the only way for children to escape poverty. If they can't even write their own names or use the simplest calculations, then what hope do they have in life? What awaits them will be a life as dark as their parents' generation, and possibly even a darker life.

28. Education is the only way out for children.

29. Joy is love, joy is prayer, joy is power. God loves those who give with love, and if you give with joy, you will receive more. A joyful heart comes from a heart burning with love. The work of love is also the work of joy.

30. Happiness does not need to be explored: if you treat others with love, you will find it immediately.

31. Every life is noble and important, whether it is sick, disabled or dying.

32. The body is not important, the soul is the most important.

33. Some people always say that instead of giving them fish, it is better to teach them how to fish. We can only answer that most of the people who receive our help no longer even have the strength to hold a fishing rod.

34. Of course, the Bishop of Calcutta is not bad either. Although he seems to be always criticizing or making things difficult for Mother Delam, in fact, he admires Mother Delam very much.

Everyone has his own responsibilities, he is just fulfilling the duties of a bishop.

35. Every day, she and the nuns started and ended with prayer. Prayer is their source of strength. Through prayer, they gain a pure heart.

36. Empty yourself, smash yourself, and eliminate fame, wealth, and vanity in everything.

37. Release my yearning to be loved, to be praised, to be respected, to be praised and yearned, to be liked, to be favored, to be approved, to be welcomed yearn for. The fear of being humiliated, the fear of being despised, the fear of being blamed, the fear of being slandered, the fear of being forgotten, the fear of being wronged, the fear of being laughed at, the fear of being doubted.

38. This kind of voluntary poverty not only allows people to gain freedom, but also allows people to gain release and independence.

39. If we own property, we must have weapons to defend it.

40. During her decades of missionary career, Mother was able to remain calm and maintain a psychological balance no matter what she encountered.

41. In the Hindu tradition, if a believer feels that his end is coming, he will consciously come to the temple and wait quietly for the arrival of death.

42. Everything starts from one. Only if it makes sense to a specific one first, can it then make sense to many or even the whole. Without the beginning, there would not be many subsequent ones, or even infinite ones, and there would be no whole.

43. Isn’t this the truth? Whenever we encounter the world, what we encounter will be a person, that person or this person, in short, a concrete person, not an abstract human being. Therefore, only by loving specific individuals can we truly love humanity.

44. Whatever you are doing, you must do it with a smile. Because there is love and respect in a smile. As long as you smile at someone from the bottom of your heart, you are giving that person some love, even if you do nothing.

45. But in the eyes of the nuns, staying there is enough. Because staying there means companionship and sharing, comfort and love. It’s not that you haven’t done anything, you’ve done the most important thing.

46. Crying is selfish. It shows that we only think about ourselves - only about our own losses.

47. If you are in a horribly despised group, you can still smell the fragrance of joy. Then, this person is either an unconscious person or a saint.

48. Remembering Gandhi’s words, we should always think of the poorest and most helpless people, and we should always ask ourselves, what have we done for them? Is what we do working for them? And what can the poor get?

49. Mother said: “The message we try to convey to the poorest of the poor is: We cannot solve your problems, but even if you are disabled, alcoholic, or have leprosy, God still loves you. You, whether you are healed or not, God's love for you has not diminished at all, and we are here to express this love."

50. In many cases, we often end up because of an unintentional word. , and drive a nail into someone else's heart.

51. She doesn’t believe in any system. She believes that modern people are deeply lost in the system.

52. Love as I loved you.

53. In Mom’s view, talking about yourself is a very terrible thing.

54. Spend time thinking, spend time praying, spend time laughing. That is the source of power, that is the most powerful force in the world, that is the music of the soul. Spend time playing, spend time loving and being loved, spend time giving. That is the secret of lasting youth, that is a special gift from God. One day is too short to be selfish. Spend time reading, spend time being kind to people, spend time working. That is the source of wisdom, that is the path to happiness, that is the price of success. Spending time doing good deeds is the answer to the Kingdom of Heaven problem.

55. You can feel love as long as you are alive. A puppy, a kitten, even a plant - a tree, a flower, can also feel love.

56. Only when life is always joyful can it grow healthily.

57. As long as they are children, they will hope to grow up in a normal family with both parents, even if it is a poor family. Above all, they need to live in their mother's love. This is irreplaceable by anyone.

58. In this world, no matter what you do, it is impossible to get the approval and support of everyone. This is an unchangeable fact.

59. Love has no boundaries. Race, nation, country, language and belief should not be a limitation. As long as there is love, we can become father and son, brothers and sisters, and we can live under the same roof. The most important thing is whether there is love, not anything else.

60. Your children are not your children.

They are the children that "life" desires for itself. They come by you but not from you. Although they are with you, they do not belong to you.

61. Every abortion means a double death, that is, killing a baby and killing one's own conscience.

62. Life has a magical origin and a sacred destination.

63. If you want people to change their attitude towards you, then you must first change your attitude towards yourself.

64. Although we have to do many things, there is only one most important thing, and that is to express our love to them.

65. Mother said: "The most serious diseases in the world today are not tuberculosis and leprosy, but the feeling of being disliked, ignored, and abandoned. The greatest evil in our time is nothing else but It’s a lack of love and charity, a terrible indifference to the people on the street corner who are suffering from pain, poverty, and disease.”

66. Never let anyone, especially those around you, Feeling alone and unloved is the worst of all illnesses.

67. Mom has always had a very balanced mentality, so those countless small setbacks and failures are just like a breeze blowing by her.

68. She does not rely on a surreal mystical experience, but loves everyone who passes by her.

69. Sister said: "Didn't God say that? All arrangements have a time. As long as you are working for the Lord, everything must have its order. Therefore, sooner or later, time will not Question."

70. Someone once said that money is the devil's excrement. But for Mother Delam, every penny is precious, because only with money can she truly and concretely love the poor. If there is no money, the so-called helping the poor will be empty talk.

71. Respectfully admit to God your own fragility, powerlessness, and inadequacy, and at the same time accept this fragility, inability, and inadequacy. Because of poverty, we must rely on, and more importantly, entrust ourselves to, that is, completely surrender ourselves to God, and at the same time absolutely trust in God’s care, and always rejoice in it. This is the basic conduct required to be a nun.

72. There is no place in this world without poverty and injustice.

73. There are many people in the world who long for a small piece of bread, but there are even more people who long for a little love.

74. If you see poor people in your home, then start loving from home, give smiles, and give time to the people around you until you feel pain - true love requires giving. cost.

75. Everyone needs love. Everyone must know that he has someone who wants to be with him and that he is important in the eyes of God. Don’t look for God in distant places, He is not there, He is right next to you.

76. People who can truly love each other are the happiest people in the world, and I see this love in the poorest people. They love their children and their families. Although they are poor or even have nothing, they are happy.

77. If you want to love others, you must first love your family. Home is the starting point of your love for others and the starting point of your love for God.

78. Love until it hurts.

79. The more you give, the more you receive.

80. The less you have, the happier you are.

81. But the real secret is: an almost innocent trust and dependence on God. Mother said: “You must give yourself completely to Him and trust Him absolutely.”

82. Jesus once said to His disciples: “Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat, and don’t worry about your body, what you will wear.” Why, because life is more valuable than food, and your body is more valuable than clothing. Look at the crows, they don’t sow, they don’t harvest, they don’t store food in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them, aren’t you much more valuable than birds?”< /p>

83. Trust will make us live in a wonderful state - relaxed, free, released and simple. Trust is a higher level of love, and being able to trust is definitely a blessing. In fact, trust is also a kind of giving. The more you trust, the more abundant your rewards will be.

84. Whatever we give to others, there will be more and more of it.

85. Love is the starting point and the destination of everything. If you expect something in return, that's not love.

86. No matter who she talks to, the other person will immediately feel that he has become the most important person in her eyes, whether that person is a president or a beggar. She has this ability to turn the other person's worries and joy into her own.

87. Forget yourself and you will find yourself.

88. When you do good with your right hand, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

89. Love is a wonder and seed. Once it is planted into the right soil, it will not only grow truth and goodness, virtue and noble souls, but also grow richer and more fulfilling. like.

90. If we compare life to a book, then time is the hand that turns the pages.

Whether it's a great book or a tiny one, time will pass by at the same speed, until the last chapter.

91. Death is not the end, but the starting point - the continuation of life.

92. She left us a powerful voice, that is, help each other, listen to each other, and work together.

93. Even in the most difficult and difficult moments, life is still valuable, as long as there is love.

94. Hungry people long for more than just food; naked people long for more than just clothing; homeless people long for more than a solid house; even those who are materially wealthy , and also seek love, care, acceptance and recognition.

95. Mother Delam said: "We often cannot do great things, but we can do small things with great love."

96. Although small things are insignificant, But being true to a small thing is a big thing.

97. There are some of us who are very active in expressing love to people far away, such as enthusiastically participating in various charity fundraisers, volunteer activities, etc., but they are very negative towards people around us, even our own parents. Very cold. One writer calls this behavior "remote love." It’s not that remote love is bad, but that we can’t just have remote love. At least when you care about people far away, you should also care about the people around you, such as your parents, your partner, and your children. . If you don't even love the people around you, how can you really love the people far away? What you do is just to achieve a kind of personal fame. In fact, many of us are like this. It seems easy to love people far away, but it is difficult to love people around us.