Time: Sat Sep 06 15:50:37 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA16316; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 15:48:53 -0700 (MST) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA14617; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 15:47:48 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 15:47:42 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Mother Teresa -- In Her Own Words (fwd) >.c The Associated Press > > ``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?'' - 1974 interview. > ``The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such >strong people, living day to day with no food. And they never >curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. >We have so much to learn from them.'' - 1977 interview. > ``I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to >receive it (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the >homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all >those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout >society, people that have become a burden to the society and are >shunned by everyone.'' - Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979. > ``I have never been in a war before, but I have seen famine and >death. I was asking (myself) what do they feel when they do this? I >don't understand it. They are all children of God. Why do they do >it. I don't understand.'' - Beirut, 1982, during fighting between >the Israeli army and Palestinian guerrillas. > Abortion ``is murder in the womb ... A child is a gift of God. >If you do not want him, give him to me.'' > ``In time, they will start killing grown-up people, disabled >people and so on.'' - On abortion. > ``When I see waste here, I feel angry on the inside. I don't >approve of myself getting angry. But it's something you can't help >after seeing Ethiopia.'' - Washington, 1984. > ``God will find another person, more humble, more devoted, more >obedient to him, and the society will go on.'' - Calcutta 1989, >after announcing her intention to retire. > ``I was expecting to be free, but God has his own plans. > ``Please choose the way of peace... In the short term there may >be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never >can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life >your weapons will cause.'' - Letter to George Bush and Saddam >Hussein, January 1991. > ``The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven. And >St. Peter said, `Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here. > > AP-NY-09-05-97 1407EDT > >--------- End forwarded message ---------- ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
Return to Table of Contents for
Supreme Law School: E-mail