It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSilence does good to the soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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.
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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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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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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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