Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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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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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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 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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I say nothing to him I love him.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove 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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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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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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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