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 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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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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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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 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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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