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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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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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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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