Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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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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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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