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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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 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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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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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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