Why does Mother Teresa think that poor people are great people? What instances does she give in order to say that we can learn something from poor people?

Poor People

Answer: Here poor people are those people who have nowhere to live, nothing to eat, who spend nights under open sky. According to Mother Teresa, they have no lust, they are happy what they have, they know what love is and they know how to control desires out of love. These make Mother Teresa say that poor people are great people. 

             Mother Teresa gives few instances in order to say that poor people are great people and we can learn many things from them. Once Mother Teresa picks up from street a girl who is in wretched condition. That girl, holding Teresa’s hand, thanks her and she dies. A poor girl does not forget to give thanks even on her death bed. Again, from a drain, Teresa picks up a man, half-eaten with worms. In will amaze one to see that that man does not blame or curse anybody for his such state before death. Also, Mother Teresa gives another instance of greatness of the poor. During extreme starvation when Teresa helps a Hindu family with some rice, the mother of that family shares that rice with a starving Muslim family. Thus, we can learn that how love, happiness can be shared with each other without any interest.