When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPerfect 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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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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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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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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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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It is love alone that counts.
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