If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong…

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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong… — Mother Teresa · Smartyfair

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

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Peace goes missing when people forget they belong to each other.

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How sure this is: 38% sureLots of sources credit Mother Teresa with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
What turned up: Cited in a Santa Clara University retrospective essay on her peace writings, with no dated primary speech named — weaker sourcing than the other candidates here, but extremely widely and consistently attributed with identical wording.
Work: Widely circulated; cited via a Santa Clara University essay on her peace teaching
Occasion: undated · undated
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Wikiquote 2010s section, same citation