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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

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Citation

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

People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.

Helen Prejean

Quoted in The New York Times Magazine

Describing her opposition to the death penalty.

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Topic

Capital punishment Second chances

Speaker

Helen Prejean

Source

The New York Times Magazine

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Prejean, Helen. Quoted in "Sister Sympathy." Written by Sue Helpren. The New York Times Magazine, 9 May 1993.

God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself; I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.

Héloïse

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Topic

Ulterior motives Purity of love Love

Author

Héloïse

Source

Letters of Abelard and Heloise

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

1132 1130s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Original Citation

Héloïse. Letter to Abelard. c. 1150.

Current Citation

Héloïse. "Letter 2: Heloise to Abelard." The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, edited and translated by Betty Radice. Penguin Books, 2004.

My heart was not in me but with you, and now, even more, if it is not with you it is nowhere.

Héloïse

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Topic

Being in love Love

Author

Héloïse

Source

Letters of Abelard and Heloise

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

Latin

Time

1132 1130s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Héloïse. Letter to Abelard. c. 1150.

Current Citation

Héloïse. "Letter 2: Heloise to Abelard." The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, edited and translated by Betty Radice. Penguin Books, 2004.