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.
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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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