When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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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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