The topic of our gathering with the neophytes this week was the virtues of love, faith and hope. I was trying to look for some quotes of Mother Teresa for sharing but couldn't find any in Chinese. Therefore, I translated the ones which I love most from the webpage "Mother Teresa of Calcutta: Peacemaker, Pioneer, Lengend" hosted by EWTN.
The following was what we looked at that evening in the gathering. I hope that by putting the quotes here with the Chinese translation, more people can benefit from her words.
Quotes of Mother Teresa
德蘭修女的話
We cannot all do great things but we can do small things with great love.
我們不是每個人都能做大事，但我們卻都能懷著熱烈的愛去處理那些微不足度的小事。
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
天主正在寫情書給世界，而我是在祂手裡的那一枝小鉛筆。
Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.
把你自己完全獻給天主。只要你對祂的愛的信心比你對自己的弱點的信心大，祂自會透過你去完成偉大的事。
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
我們很容易便會陷於只為工作而工作的危機中。這正好顯示出虔敬，愛及皈依的重要性 – 要知道我們所做的一切都是為天主、為基督而做的，因此我們必需要把這一切都辨得盡善盡美。
I don't know what God is doing. He knows. We do not understand, but of one thing I'm sure, He doesn't make a mistake.
我並不了解天主所做的事 - 但一切都在祂掌握之中。我們不明白，但我卻能夠肯定一件事 – 祂絕對不會出錯。
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
如果你未能為一百個人提供所需的食物，那樣便為其中一個提供所需吧。
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
如果你忙於判斷其他人，便不會有時間去愛他們。
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
仁慈的話是如何的簡短而又容易說出口，但它的迴響卻是無窮無盡的。
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
每一次你向別人微笑便是一個愛的行動、一份給予那個人的禮物、一件美麗的事。
When once a chairman of a multinational company came to see me, to offer me a property in Bombay, he first asked: ‘Mother, how do you manage your budget?" I asked him who had sent him here. He replied: ‘I felt an urge inside me.’ I said: other people like you come to see me and say the same. It was clear God sent you, Mr. A, as He sends Mr. X, Mrs. Y, Miss Z, and they provide the material means we need for our work. The grace of God is what moved you. You are my budget. God sees to our needs, as Jesus promised. I accepted the property he gave and named it Asha Dan (Gift of Hope).
有一次一位跨國公司的主席為要把一個在孟買的物業捐贈給我而來。他一見到我便對我說："修女，究竟你的經費從何而來呢？” 於是我便反問他說：”那麼是誰叫你來的呢？”他便回答說：”是我內心的一股動力要我來的。” 我便告訴他說：”有其他的人像你一樣來見我時說的話也是這樣。這很明顯便是天主派遣A先生你來的，就正如祂派遣X先生, Y太太，Z小姐來一樣，而他們便為我們提供了所需的物資來維持我們的工作。是天主的恩寵推動了你。你便是我的經費來源。正如耶穌所許諾的 - 天主自會照顧我們的需要。”我接受了這位先生的捐贈，把那物業命名為來自希望的禮物。
我們不是每個人都能做大事，但我們卻都能懷著熱烈的愛去處理那些微不足度的小事。
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
天主正在寫情書給世界，而我是在祂手裡的那一枝小鉛筆。
Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness.
把你自己完全獻給天主。只要你對祂的愛的信心比你對自己的弱點的信心大，祂自會透過你去完成偉大的事。
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
我們很容易便會陷於只為工作而工作的危機中。這正好顯示出虔敬，愛及皈依的重要性 – 要知道我們所做的一切都是為天主、為基督而做的，因此我們必需要把這一切都辨得盡善盡美。
I don't know what God is doing. He knows. We do not understand, but of one thing I'm sure, He doesn't make a mistake.
我並不了解天主所做的事 - 但一切都在祂掌握之中。我們不明白，但我卻能夠肯定一件事 – 祂絕對不會出錯。
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
如果你未能為一百個人提供所需的食物，那樣便為其中一個提供所需吧。
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
如果你忙於判斷其他人，便不會有時間去愛他們。
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
仁慈的話是如何的簡短而又容易說出口，但它的迴響卻是無窮無盡的。
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
每一次你向別人微笑便是一個愛的行動、一份給予那個人的禮物、一件美麗的事。
When once a chairman of a multinational company came to see me, to offer me a property in Bombay, he first asked: ‘Mother, how do you manage your budget?" I asked him who had sent him here. He replied: ‘I felt an urge inside me.’ I said: other people like you come to see me and say the same. It was clear God sent you, Mr. A, as He sends Mr. X, Mrs. Y, Miss Z, and they provide the material means we need for our work. The grace of God is what moved you. You are my budget. God sees to our needs, as Jesus promised. I accepted the property he gave and named it Asha Dan (Gift of Hope).
有一次一位跨國公司的主席為要把一個在孟買的物業捐贈給我而來。他一見到我便對我說："修女，究竟你的經費從何而來呢？” 於是我便反問他說：”那麼是誰叫你來的呢？”他便回答說：”是我內心的一股動力要我來的。” 我便告訴他說：”有其他的人像你一樣來見我時說的話也是這樣。這很明顯便是天主派遣A先生你來的，就正如祂派遣X先生, Y太太，Z小姐來一樣，而他們便為我們提供了所需的物資來維持我們的工作。是天主的恩寵推動了你。你便是我的經費來源。正如耶穌所許諾的 - 天主自會照顧我們的需要。”我接受了這位先生的捐贈，把那物業命名為來自希望的禮物。
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