Mother Teresa's speech accepting
the Nobel Peace Price in 1979
is one of the most memorable.
She famously described herself,
'By blood
I am Albanian.
By citizen
an Indian.
By faith,
I am a Catholic nun.
As to my calling,
I belong to the world.
As to my heart,
I belong entirely to the heart of Jesus.'
the Nobel Peace Price in 1979
is one of the most memorable.
She famously described herself,
'By blood
I am Albanian.
By citizen
an Indian.
By faith,
I am a Catholic nun.
As to my calling,
I belong to the world.
As to my heart,
I belong entirely to the heart of Jesus.'
In over 25 countries around the world,
this philanthropic icon and he raffliated groups
had more than 200 different operations.
To her, the greatest destroyer of peace
is abortion.
'Let us make every single child
born, and unborn,
wanted.
I am going to try to
make the home for many people
that have no home.
Because I believe that
love begins at home.'
this philanthropic icon and he raffliated groups
had more than 200 different operations.
To her, the greatest destroyer of peace
is abortion.
'Let us make every single child
born, and unborn,
wanted.
I am going to try to
make the home for many people
that have no home.
Because I believe that
love begins at home.'
'Around the world,
not only in the poor countries,
but I found the poverty of the West
so much more difficult to remove.
When I pick a person from the street, hungry,
I give him a place of rice,
a piece of bread,
I have satisfied.
I have removed that hunger.
But a person that is shut out,
that feels unwanted,
unloved,
terrified,
the person that has been thrown out of society -
that poverty is so hurtful and so much,
and I find that very difficult.'
'You must come to know the poor,
maybe our people here have material things, everything,
but I think that if
we all look into our own homes,
how difficult we find it sometimes
to smile at each other, and
that smile is the beginning of love.'
'I never forget some time ago
about 14 professors came from the
United States from different universities.
And they came to our house
and we talked of love,
of compassion,
and then one of them asked me,
''Say, Mother,
please tell us something that we will remember,''
and I said to them,
''Smile at each other,
make time for each other
in your family.
Smile at each other.''
And then another on asked me,
''Are you married?''
And I said,
''Yes, and
I find it sometimes
very difficult to smile at Jesus
because he can be very demanding sometimes.
This is really true,
and there is where love comes -
when it is demanding,
and yet
we can give it to Him
with joy.
I think that this is something,
that we must live life beautifully....
If only we could only remember
that God loves us,
and we can have an opportunity
to love others as
he loves us,
not in big things,
but in small things
with great love.
We are touching
the body of Christ
24 hours.'
not only in the poor countries,
but I found the poverty of the West
so much more difficult to remove.
When I pick a person from the street, hungry,
I give him a place of rice,
a piece of bread,
I have satisfied.
I have removed that hunger.
But a person that is shut out,
that feels unwanted,
unloved,
terrified,
the person that has been thrown out of society -
that poverty is so hurtful and so much,
and I find that very difficult.'
'You must come to know the poor,maybe our people here have material things, everything,
but I think that if
we all look into our own homes,
how difficult we find it sometimes
to smile at each other, and
that smile is the beginning of love.'
'I never forget some time ago
about 14 professors came from the
United States from different universities.
And they came to our house
and we talked of love,
of compassion,
and then one of them asked me,
''Say, Mother,
please tell us something that we will remember,''
and I said to them,
''Smile at each other,
make time for each other
in your family.
Smile at each other.''
And then another on asked me,
''Are you married?''
And I said,
''Yes, and
I find it sometimes
very difficult to smile at Jesus
because he can be very demanding sometimes.
This is really true,
and there is where love comes -
when it is demanding,
and yet
we can give it to Him
with joy.
I think that this is something,
that we must live life beautifully....
If only we could only remember
that God loves us,
and we can have an opportunity
to love others as
he loves us,
not in big things,
but in small things
with great love.
We are touching
the body of Christ
24 hours.'
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