When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHoliness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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