In the developed countries there is a poverty of intimacy, a poverty of spirit, of loneliness, of lack of love. There is no greater sickness in the world today than that one.
AliasesAgnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Blessed Teresa of Calcuta
BornAugust 27, 1910
DiedSeptember 5, 1997
CountryAlbania; India
ProfessionNun
AwardsRamon Magsaysay Award; Templeton Prize; Balzan Prize; Nobel Peace Prize; Pacem In Terris Award; Bharat Ratna; Damien-Dutton Award; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Congressional Gold Medal; Order Of The Smile; Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding; Honorary Citizen Of The United States; ; Order Of Australia