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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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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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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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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