You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
THERESE OF LISIEUXAs the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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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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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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