Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHe 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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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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