Quote by Mother Teresa: “The greatest disease in the West is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted.”

Mother Teresa argues that the most profound suffering in wealthy societies isn't physical illness, but the emotional pain of feeling isolated and unloved. It highlights a spiritual poverty often overlooked in affluent cultures.

In the mid-20th century, as Western nations experienced economic booms, Mother Teresa pointed out a deeper, less visible form of suffering—the loneliness and emotional neglect prevalent in societies focused on material wealth.

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She dedicated her life to caring for the destitute and dying in the slums of Calcutta. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.