Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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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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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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