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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.

Mother Teresa

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Topic

Isolation Loneliness

Speaker

Mother Teresa

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Mother Teresa. Quoted in Do Something Beautiful for God, written by Malcolm Muggeridge. Harper Collins, 1971.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Mother Teresa

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Topic

Starting small Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Mother Teresa

Source

A Gift for God

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Mother Teresa. A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations. Harper & Row, 1975.

God loves me, and I have an opportunity to love others as he loves me, not in big things, but in small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

Nobel Prize Lecture

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Topic

God's love Loving others

Speaker

Mother Teresa

Source

Nobel Prize Lecture

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mother Teresa. Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. 10 Dec. 1979, Oslo, Norway.