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 LISIEUXYou 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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