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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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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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