What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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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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