If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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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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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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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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