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 LISIEUXNo harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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 value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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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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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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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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