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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.

Therese of Lisieux

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Myself Strength Weakness
I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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Charity Small True Virtue Weakness
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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Kind Love Opportunity Sacrifice Smile Word
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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Awake Dreams Greatness Life Limitation Ourselves Suffering Wasted Time
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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Convertion Ecstasy Love Pin Sacrifice Soul
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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God Heart Life Moments Offend Passion Wound
Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Color Nature Sky
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Attachment Earth Himself World
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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God Holy Simplicity
A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Divine God Heart Lose Natural Pure Tender
Silence does good to the soul.
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Goodness One Liner Silence Soul
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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Flower Love Rose Spring Violence White
Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Love Space Time Universe
The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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Kind Love Myself Science Win
I say nothing to him I love him.
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Dedication God Himself Love
It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Enough Evidence Love

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