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 LISIEUXFrequently, only silence can express my prayer.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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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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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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 am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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