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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHoliness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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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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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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.
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