Could you tell me your honest opinion of these religious quotes?

Question

Mother Teresa Quotations

• Love is doing small things with great love.

• Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person.

• Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

• We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

• There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.

• There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.

Answer 1

I think they are very true and to the point. we need to put our faith into action, helping those who need help, whether it is spiritually, physically or whatever.... sharing and BEING Jesus to others!

Answer 2

• Love is doing small things with great love:

False.

Love is doing -all- things with great love.

• Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person:

True.

• Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless:

False.

Words are never enough to express true love. Words are lip-service to avoid doing what love requires.

• We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty:

True, providing the emphasis is on the word "start".

• There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them:

False.

Find them -all-. Love them -all-. To limit the scope of the search is to limit the capacity to love.

• There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point:

True. Love is not in the words. It is in the deeds.

I have not spoken one word of Love I would not follow-up with deeds, if permitted by those in need.

Far too many believe words are enough.

The person who is drowning is not rescued with words. That person is only rescued through courageous deeds.

Answer 3

They are sort of nutty,
*Love is defined as great love...very enlightening not.
*Try doing anything alone person to person...the woman is deeply confused here isn't she?
*Kind words echoing is a nice one... and I would endorse the rest of the quotes you posted here, they are obvious to any thinking person who has an iota of empathy for others however.

I wonder if the Pope would have approved the last quote? "There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point"....just a thought.

Answer 4

I recently saw a documentary about Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Based on that I did some further research and I must say these kind words belie some of her deeds.

Critics of Mother Teresa, most notably Christopher Hitchens, Tariq Ali and Aroup Chatterjee, have argued that her organization provided substandard care, was primarily interested in converting the dying to Catholicism, and used donations for missionary activities elsewhere, rather than being spent on improving the standard of health care.

Answer 5

The first one is circular. Maybe she meant that love is best expressed by doing small things with great love. That doesn't seem to be a great saying to me. I think not so small things may be more important, such as loving your enemies. One doesn't have to neglect small things to love in many ways.

The third one is similarly questionable. Kind words are good, but they only do so much.

The second and sixth ones seem true to me.

I think the fourth and fifth ones are particularly insightful. I volunteer with a charity that tries to help the needy with all their needs. Often I notice in working with a client how his or her fear and shame diminish in the process. Often that's the most important help I give them.

Answer 6

Mother Teresa was a one in a million. I personally believe that she spoke the truth in the quotes that you mentioned. She gave her life, as did our Lord, to give help to the helpless and love to the unloved and unwanted. How better an example of her faith could she possibly have given and I'm sure that she has a special place with the Lord.

Answer 7

OK...Honest:
1- Great quote, I agree with it.
2- I agree too. People must have some leadership skills of their own.
3- Of course. "Thank you", "Please", "You're so nice" and many others help so much in easing pain and to gain more acceptance.
4- Of course. Loneliness and the absence of loved ones is much harder than the absence of money & food.
5- Not always, sometimes families are dysfunctional but yeah it's a good saying.
6- AMEN to that! LESS preaching please!!

Answer 8

I love the first one. I LOVE the second one. The third one is a little fluffy for me, but I still like it. The fourth one is absolutely true in my opinion - this kind of poverty will be the downfall of civilization. The fifth one, eh. The final one is poignant.

Answer 9

I love them! Mother Theresa, right? I really like this one:

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless"

Answer 10

Whatever your religious point of view, there is no doubt that Mother Teresa was a very wise and a very good woman. The quote about the different types of poverty is so very true.

Thanks for sharing these!

Answer 11

too often we see the physical needs of people we offer money clothes food or whatever to ease our own conscience but to see past the physical to see the spiritual is in a loving smile a kind word ministering about jesus you ever been in a room full of people and still be the lonliest person on earth