I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

—Mother Teresa

About Mother Teresa

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Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.

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Love begins by taking care of the closest ones—the ones at home.

—Mother Teresa

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by the poor, it's because they do not know them.

—Mother Teresa

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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

—Mother Teresa

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Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love.

—Mother Teresa

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

—Mother Teresa

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