A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXDo 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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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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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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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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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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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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