The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
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Mother TeresaInterview in TIME (1989)
About Mother Teresa
Catholic nun who served the poor in Kolkata and won the Nobel Peace Prize. (1910-1997)
More from Mother Teresa
- The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.As quoted by Malcolm Muggeridge in Something Beautiful for God (1971)
- Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.As quoted in Women of Faith and Spirit (1987)
- We are called upon not to be successful, but to be faithful.As reported by her biographer Navin Chawla
- Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love.As quoted in Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (2007)
- If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.Essay on working toward peace, Santa Clara University archive
- Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.As quoted in Worldwide Laws of Life (1998)
More quotes on kindness and giving
- We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.Jimmy Carter
- When they go low, we go high.Michelle Obama
- No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.Nelson Mandela
- A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.Nelson Mandela
- What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.Nelson Mandela
- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.Mahatma Gandhi
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