I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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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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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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