I believe in person to person; every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is only one person in the world for me at that moment.
Mother TeresaRead
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
Interpretation
What this quote means
Natural family planning respects the ability to give life, while contraception alters that ability and affects relationships.
This quote by Mother Teresa emphasizes the importance of natural family planning as a respectful approach to managing family size, contrasting it with contraception, which she believes undermines the sacredness of life. She suggests that using contraception not only affects the physical act of giving life but also has a profound emotional and spiritual impact on the relationship between partners, ultimately diminishing the gift of life that they are meant to cherish together.
Themes
Natural Family PlanningContraceptionGift Of LifeRelationshipsFamily
In practice
Example use cases
In discussions about family planning during a marriage preparation course.
More from Mother Teresa
All quotes βPurity is the fruit of prayer.
Mother TeresaRead
If your Eyes are Positive, You will Love the World. _x000D_ But if Your Tongue is Positive, The World will Love you.
Mother TeresaRead
The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.
Mother TeresaRead
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother TeresaRead
God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important.
Mother TeresaRead
Similar quotes
For millions of girls around the world, motherhood comes too early. Those who bear children as adolescents suffer higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, and their children are more likely to die in infancy.
Esther DufloRead
Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
Margaret MeadRead
I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big fuss over me. Don't make no big expense on my funeral. Don't put any pressure on the rest of the family. I've loved everybody, and I hope they loved me. But don't create this big expense for the family.'
B. B. KingRead
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
Clarence DarrowRead
You transition as a mother from literally just pulling a booger out of that person's nose whenever you see one until at some point they assert: "No, I'm a person. You can't fix my underpants on the subway."
Tina FeyRead
In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.
Anna QuindlenRead