There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

If a Hindu wants to find the way to God, he has the right to go to any priest, nun or any other person.

Get to know the poor in your country. Love them. Serve them.

May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in.

I want you to find the poor here, right in your own home first. And begin love there. Be that good news to your own people.

Where was Mother Teresa's Jesus? He was in the Bible, in the church, in her prayer, in the Eucharist, in her sisters, in the heart of everyone she met, and especially in the poorest of the poor and the lowest of the low. Jesus was in disguise in each one of them. Jesus was behind the foundation of her order. Jesus was behind all that she did.

God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important.