"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 must have the courage
to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find
them. Love them." - Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa's Wisdom
"I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I
am nursing the Lord Himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?"
"The poor give us much more than we give them. They are such strong
people, living day to day with no food. And they never curse, never
complain. We dont have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much
to learn from them.
"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. Put your love for them in living action. For in loving them, you
are loving God Himself."
"It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is
not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving."
"To God there is nothing small. The moment we have given it to God, it becomes infinite."
"You have to be holy in your position as you are, and I have to be holy
in the position that God has put me. So it is nothing extraordinary to
be holy. Holiness is not the luxury of the few. Holiness is a simple
duty for you and for me. We have been created for that."
Narayanan Krishnan
Narayanan Krishnan (born 1981) is an Indian chef turned social
worker. He quit his career as a leading chef and began supplying meals
to the homeless inMadurai, Tamil Nadu, India, beginning in 2002.
Krishnan was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He was an award-winning
chef with Taj Hotels, Bangalore and was short-listed for an elite job in
Switzerland.
During a visit to his family, before heading to Europe, he said, "I saw
a very old man, literally eating his own human waste out of hunger. I
went to the nearby hotel and asked them what was available. They had
idli, which I bought and gave to the old man. Believe me, I had never
seen a person eating so fast, ever. As he ate the food, his eyes were
filled with tears. Those were the tears of happiness.”
Krishnan founded his nonprofit Akshaya Trust in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to 400 indigent and elderly people in Madurai. He also provides haircuts and shaves to give extra dignity to those
he serves. He was selected as one of the Top 10 in "CNN heroes 2010"
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