Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhi) Quotes on Love

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  1. Holiness is not the luxury of the few; it is a simply duty, for you and for me, because Jesus has very clearly stated, 'Be ye holy as my father in heaven is holy.' So let us pray for each other that we grow in love for each other, and through this love become holy as Jesus wants us to be for he died out of love for us. One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, I say, 'You know, this terrible pain is only the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Jesus on the cross that he can kiss you.' And she joined her hands together and said, 'Mother Teresa, please tell Jesus to stop kissing me.

  2. I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I do know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, He will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?,' rather He will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?

  3. I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.

  4. If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

  5. It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.

  6. Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.

  7. Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

  8. Men do no great things, only small things with great love.

  9. Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other - it doesn't matter who it is - and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.

  10. The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.

  11. The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

  12. The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.

  13. There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

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