Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove needs to be proved by action.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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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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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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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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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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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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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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