Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXJesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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