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 LISIEUXWhen I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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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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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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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 am very far from practicing what I understand.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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