Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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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