The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her
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Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love has the power to uplift and cleanse, extending even to the most humble and overlooked parts of life.
This quote by Mother Teresa highlights the profound and transformative nature of love. It suggests that love is not only powerful but also inclusive and purifying, capable of reaching out to forgotten places and people. The imagery of a garment's hem sweeping the streets symbolizes love's ability to cleanse and elevate the human experience, affirming that where love exists, it creates a duty to extend that love widely and deeply.
Themes
LoveCompassionKindnessPurityService
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about community service, one might say, 'As Mother Teresa once said, love must reach even the dust of our streets.'
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