Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear.
Mother TeresaIf everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals?
Mother TeresaIn the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East-especially in India-I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening without a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving-it is not in the result of loving.
Mother Teresa