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 LISIEUXThe science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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