Quotes by Albanian Authors - Page 3

They had never previously been obliged to engage in such mental effort, and it gave them headaches. However, although the aim of their quest forever eluded them, they ended up finding its outline. If not the thing itself, then at least its shadow.They debated at length on all that referred to it and, to their great surprise, realised that they were already perfectly aware of what they had been looking for. They had always been privy to the main point, the first principle, of the pyramid's raison-d'être, except that it had lain in their minds in a pre-verbal, indeed in an unthinking state. The papyri of the archives had only draped it in words and in meaning. Insofar as a shadow can be draped.
Ismail Kadare
I think it is very good when people suffer. To me that is like the kiss of Jesus.
Mother Teresa
We are all pencils in the hand of God.
Mother Teresa
I held the Host with two fingers and thought: How small Jesus made Himself, in order to show us that He doesn't expect great things of us, but rather little things with great love.
Mother Teresa
Do we know our poor people? Do we know the poor in our house, in our family? Perhaps they are not hungry for a piece of bread. Perhaps our children, husband, wife, are not hungry, or naked, or dispossessed, but are you sure there is no one there who feels unwanted, deprived of affection?
Mother Teresa
Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.
Mother Teresa
SOWING LIGHTNINGSeizeBolts of lightning from the skyAnd plant them in fields of life.They will grow like tender sprouts of fire.Charge somber thoughtsWith unexpected flash,You, my lightning in the soil!
Visar Zhiti
Let them shoot us in the head,My blood will grow rootsand will blossom.
Visar Zhiti
‎"Based on a true story"? No, thanks. I prefer "based on a true imagination".
Enkelejd Lamaj
When will the deathOf Death ever come?from "The Siege
Visar Zhiti
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother Teresa
Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
Mother Teresa
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
Mother Teresa
Let us all smile at each other for a smile is the beginning of love.
Mother Teresa
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
Mother Teresa
Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.
Mother Teresa
The Lord likes small things best, especially those done with love.
Mother Teresa
God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.
Mother Teresa
In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway.
Mother Teresa
There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.
Mother Teresa
I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
Mother Teresa
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
Mother Teresa
I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.
Mother Teresa
Peace begins with a smile..
Mother Teresa
A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.
Mother Teresa
Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.
Mother Teresa
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa
I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
Mother Teresa
It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
Mother Teresa
I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?
Mother Teresa
Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.
Mother Teresa
The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.
Mother Teresa
The Simple PathSilence is PrayerPrayer is FaithFaith is LoveLove is ServiceThe Fruit of Service is Peace
Mother Teresa
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Mother Teresa
Work without love is slavery.
Mother Teresa