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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.

Therese of Lisieux

He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Himself Willing Worth
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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Charity Small True Virtue Weakness
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Character Goodness Yourself
True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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Charity Mistake True Virtue Weakness
It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Enough Evidence Love
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Better Choice Feeling God Himself
He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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Creation Guide Himself Home Law Natural Poor
Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Interest Selfish Work
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Attachment Earth Himself World
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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God Heart Love Mom
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Better Prayer Sacrifice Soul Touch Word
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Cherish God Greatness Himself Intelligence Simplicity Talent Thinking
It is love alone that counts.
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Alone Count Love One Liner
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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Flower Love Rose Spring Violence White
The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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God Greatness Respect Soul
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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Humble Joy Myself Offering Thinking

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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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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