Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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