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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXYou 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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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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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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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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