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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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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFor 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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI say nothing to him I love him.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLook 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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPerfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
THERESE OF LISIEUXJesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXMy vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXDiscouragement itself is a form of pride.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen one loves, one does not calculate.
THERESE OF LISIEUXNo harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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