I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. — Mother Teresa

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Author: Mother Teresa

Insight: Love isn't about avoiding pain—it's about transforming it. When you stop protecting yourself and accept that caring deeply means suffering sometimes, you actually become harder to break. The hurt stops feeling like a wound and starts feeling like proof you're alive.

Source: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of Mother Teresa, p. 195, 2007

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I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Mother TeresaCome Be My Light: The Private Writings of Mother Teresa, p. 195, 2007

Insight

Love isn't about avoiding pain—it's about transforming it. When you stop protecting yourself and accept that caring deeply means suffering sometimes, you actually become harder to break. The hurt stops feeling like a wound and starts feeling like proof you're alive.

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun and missionary known for her lifelong dedication to helping the poor and sick in Kolkata, India. She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation that runs hospices and homes for people with terminal illnesses, leprosy, and HIV/AIDS, earning her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

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