I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
THERESE OF LISIEUXNothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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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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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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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