“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.”

— Mother Teresa · Calm quote

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls. — Mother Teresa quote card
Catholic nun and missionary · 1910 – 1997

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1979).

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