Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLook at Him while He is looking at you.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is 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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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