Shared humanity our only hope against intolerance

Mother Teresa during a visit to Mji wa Huruma in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

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

This profound statement was made by the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa, who was born on this day, August 26, 1910. An icon of love, tolerance, generosity and tremendous integrity and spirituality.