I am very far from practicing what I understand.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSilence does good to the soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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