Violence of the tongue is very real-sharper than any knife.

— Mother Teresa

We are all pencils in the hand of God.

— Mother Teresa

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

— Mother Teresa

We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.

— Mother Teresa

We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.

— Mother Teresa

We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred... If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?

— Mother Teresa

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass-grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

— Mother Teresa

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

— Mother Teresa

We, too, are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally; to be alone with Him — not with our books, thoughts, and memories but completely stripped of everything — to dwell lovingly in His presence, silent, empty, expectant, and motionless. We cannot find God in noise or agitation.

— Mother Teresa

We want to create hope for the person ... we must give hope always hope.

— Mother Teresa