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"Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy – let us pray." 

"I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her last days and her only lament was: ‘My son did this to me.’ I begged her: You must forgive your son. In a moment of madness, when he was not himself, he did a thing he regrets. Be a mother to him, forgive him. It took me a long time to make her say: ‘I forgive my son.’ Just before she died in my arms, she was able to say that with a real forgiveness. She was not concerned that she was dying. The breaking of the heart was that her son did not want her. This is something you and I can understand." 

"When once a chairman of a multinational company came to see me, to offer me a property in Bombay, he first asked: ‘Mother, how do you manage your budget?" I asked him who had sent him here. He replied: ‘I felt an urge inside me.’ I said: other people like you come to see me and say the same. It was clear God sent you, Mr. A, as He sends Mr. X, Mrs. Y, Miss Z, and they provide the material means we need for our work. The grace of God is what moved you. You are my budget. God sees to our needs, as Jesus promised. I accepted the property he gave and named it Asha Dan (Gift of Hope). 

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." 

"Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength." 

"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic. We believe our work should be our example to people. We have among us 475 souls - 30 families are Catholics and the rest are all Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs—all different religions. But they all come to our prayers." 

"There are so many religions and each one has its different ways of following God. I follow Christ: 
Jesus is my God, 
Jesus is my Spouse, 
Jesus is my Life, 
Jesus is my only Love, 
Jesus is my All in All; 
Jesus is my Everything." 

A Guide to Daily Living with Mother Teresa The Joy in Loving, Compiled by Jaya Chaliha and Edward Le Jolym; Published by the Penguin Group, NY, NY; 1996.