If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXEven 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.
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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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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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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 we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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