If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFrequently, only silence can express my prayer.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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It is love alone that counts.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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