What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
THERESE OF LISIEUXA word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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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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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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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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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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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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