It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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It is love alone that counts.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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